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Elaine Fletcher Chapman, Guest Blogger March 18 – 22
This week we welcome Elaine Fletcher Chapman (formerly Elaine Walters McFerron) as our guest blogger. Elaine holds an MFA from The Bennington Writing Seminars where she works as Alumni Liaison. She founded The Writer’s…
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Richard Hell’s punk poetry memoir ‘I Dreamed I Was a Very Clean Tramp’: No void here [by Ken Tucker]
Richard Hell wrote one of the best songs built around one of the least useful, or at least most misunderstood, phrases of 1970s punk rock in “Blank Generation,” for his band the Voidoids. To…
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“Sway Me Smooth, Sway Me Now” [Dino and Jerry cut up and dance on Jerry’s birthday]
Happy birthday, Jerry Lewis (born on this day in 1926). The same song occurs in the 1999 French movie "Girl on the Bridge."
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Beautiful Ruins – Part 1 [by Lera Auerbach]
Arriving home after several months of travel, and while taking some time to recollect experiences by organizing photographs, I came upon images of one of the most memorable trips of last year. It was…
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Notes on Nostalgia [by Megin Jimenez]
1. “Perhaps the most interesting characteristic of the time now labeled The Sixties was that there was so little nostalgia. In that sense, it was indeed a utopian moment.” Vivre sa vie That’s a…
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Physical Appearance and Literary Reputation [by Jeffrey Meyers]
(Ed note: This is the final post in a series of five by Jeffrey Meyers. Here are links to the previous four posts: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday.) Many external factors enhance a literary reputation. …
