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“The Apartment” [by Joan Biddle]
They live on the street side of the building,we live on the back side. They hear duets of men and smoke, we hear birds chirp and cover a fridge with pictures. They shave each…
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“Happy 157, George Bernard Shaw!” [by Anthony Madrid via Facebook]
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW (7/26/1856)George Bernard Shaw!I’m sure I don’t knaw!That goofy-ass hatIs against the law.I’m standing in snowshoes,In panties and bra:I’m singing sea shantiesTo George Bernard Shaw!George Bernard ShawDetected the flawIn elbowy lampAnd in…
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The Brilliant, Troubled Legacy of Richard Wagner (by Jamie Katz)
his bronze portrait bust of German composer Richard Wagner, by artist Arno Breker, resides in Bayreuth, Germany, home of the annual festival honoring his work. (Getty Images ) She is Richard Wagner’s great-granddaughter, and…
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Qatar Reverie Part III (by Peter Fortunato)
(Ed note: This is part III of Peter Fortunato's series about life in Qatar. Read part I here and part II here.) Qatar and its captial city Doha are in the desert — no…
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Qatar Reverie Part II by Peter Fortunato
(ed note: this is part II of Peter Fortunato’s posts about Qatar. To read part I go here.) “In Dreams Begin Responsibilities,” Delmore Schwartz famously wrote; and like him, I brought with me the…
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Happy Birthday Emma Lazarus (July 22,1849–November 19,1887)by David Lehman
Without Emma Lazarus' timeless poem, Lady Liberty would be just another statue. Near the end of the 1942 movie Saboteur, one of director Alfred Hitchcock's early American efforts, the heroine, played by Priscilla Lane,…
