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Clouds, Potatoes, Timothy Donnelly [by Jennifer Michael Hecht]
Dear Bleaders, White sky out there seemed to call for this poem by Timothy Donnelly, of the wonderful Twenty-Seven Props for a Production of Eine Lebenszeit and The Cloud Corporation. Epitaph by His Own Hand From…
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Matthew Thorburn, Guest Blogger May 20-24
Matthew Thorburn is the author of three books of poems, most recently This Time Tomorrow, published in March by the Waywiser Press. His work has been recognized with a Witter Bynner Fellowship from the Library of Congress, as…
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“The cheapest motel in Barstow…” (by Mitch Sisskind)
The cheapest motel in Barstow,There I received my education,Groaning air conditioner No match for faked orgasmsUnavoidable through wallsNor could even the TV set prevailOver whores’ continual bogus Jollifications day and night.So never fake an…
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PEN World Voices.4 [by Sharon Preiss]
(This is the fourth and last installment in a short series about the PEN World Voices Festival.) Every spring, for nine years running, the PEN World Voices Festival brings an astounding array of…
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A 70 Semester Break from Theocritus [by Raymond Sokolov]
My interest in classical poetry is not casual, but I haven’t let it take over my life either. In fact, I dropped out of a doctoral program in classical philology in 1965, with only…
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PEN World Voices.3 [by Sharon Preiss]
(This is the third installment in a short series. Stay tuned for more about the PEN World Voices Festival.) Every spring, for nine years running, the PEN World Voices Festival brings an astounding array…
