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sarah arvio thursday
SELF-INTERVIEW IV WRITING “NIGHT THOUGHTS” (night thoughts: 70 dreams & notes from an analysis was published last month by Knopf.) I’ve always told myself that, as a poet, I’m only waiting and listening. However,…
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The Kiss (by Italo Svevo)
The first kiss, I gave you as coldly as I would have put my name to a contract; the second, I gave with enormous curiosity to analyze you and myself, but in fact, I…
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Challenge for Valentines Day: Who Wrote the Lyrics?
Here is the opening scene from the 1995 film adaptation of Shakespeare's Richard III, which sets the play in fascist England. For extra credit, identify the lyricist(s) who wrote this catchy song. The talented…
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Kim Novak, queen of vertigo, born today
Happy birthday, Kim Novak, and may you live forever in that gray suit! You give me vertigo every time I watch. . .
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sarah arvio wednesday
SELF-INTERVIEW (Interviewing myself) WEDNESDAY CRYING & LAUGHING; HOW I WROTE SONO For a year or so after I wrote Visits from the Seventh I tried to write the same book again in other words. …
