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“A secretary is not a toy” [by Frank Loesser, birthday boy]
Her pad is to write in, / and not spend the night in! Dig the choreography.
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This just in (and it sounds dreamy) . . . Tribute to Countee Cullen
Saturday, June 29, 3:00pmWoodlawn CemeteryWebster Ave & East 233rd St, Bronx, NY Yet Do I Marvel:A Tribute to Countee Cullenwith Major Jackson, Rowan Ricardo Phillips, Robin Coste Lewis and Alicia Hall Moran As part…
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Tina Kelley: Seven Poetry Prompts as Summer Begins
I tend not to like other people’s poetry prompts. They remind me of the saccharine voices of meditation coaches urging me to go to my happy place. To me, that always sounds like a…
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Ithaca NY Takes the Cake
The good news is that Ithaca, NY was rated the smartest city in America. The bad news, well, it isn't really bad news, but wait till you examine the criteria used — and consider…
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Patti Smith Takes the Bowery in Celebration of Lorca (in a Designer Pajama Top) [by Alissa Fleck]
Patti Smith at the Bowery Ballroom. Photo (c) Alexander Ruas Federico Garcia Lorca—a poet without freedom in his own country where his homosexuality was never accepted—has a story that still resonates on many levels…
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Tina Kelley: Missing the Red-Eyed Millions
I miss the cicadas. Is anybody with me here? I miss the last, most beautiful, garish, carnagey stage of them the most. I miss the mullioned wings, with the orange edges, that lay on…
