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From the Archive: Miriam Haskell and Me (by Rosanne Wasserman)
I’ve been wrapped up with Miriam Haskell for years: her definitive, needy ghost; her really good story; the internet full of her eye-candy-gorgeous work. Life was stressful: my school’s ten-year accreditation report fell on…
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From the Archive: Thanksgiving 1977, Albany NY [by Stacey Harwood]
My father had died suddenly in February. The approaching holidays aroused more than the usual anxiety as we considered how we would celebrate without him. I was living in Albany, NY, working as a…
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The Year in Review: ONE LITTLE IDEA ABOUT TRANSLATION by Anthony Madrid (May 17, 2012)
YEARS AGO, I was tutoring a twelve- or thirteen-year-old girl named Ryann. Ideal kid. Wide-awake, responsive, ready for anything. She had an assignment to write a poem for school, so I was gonna show…
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Long Live the Tribute! by Leslie McGrath
Lately I’ve been in a frenzy of contest-entering and publisher-nudging, having completed a second manuscript of poems. But the sense of pride and relief that comes with finishing a project knowing you’ve done your…