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Kate Gale, Guest Blogger October 22-26
Dr. Kate Gale KATE GALE is Managing Editor of Red Hen Press, Editor of the Los Angeles Review and President of the American Composers Forum, LA. She teaches in the Low Residency MFA program…
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So Much Depends… on Brodsky’s Thumb
We've really enjoyed our week on Best American Poetry. The UK Poetry Society blog tour will be moving on to the Scottish poet Rob Mackenzie's blog, Surroundings, on Tuesday; please come with us!…
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Julie Sheehan, Constituent Bartender: Romney’s Secret Jobs Potion
A bar survives as a small business because people come in and buy drinks. How does that happen? Well, it might be because people sense a hip vibe, it might be because the beer…
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Carried Away: a Reflection on Winning the UK’s National Poetry Competition
Julia Copus is a poet and radio playwright. She won First Prize in the National Poetry Competition in 2002 with her poem 'Breaking the Rule', and has since been awarded the Forward Prize for…
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A day in the life of Julius LaRosa — and see Jim Periconi’s show at the Grolier Club
Here's to you, Julius LaRosa. On this infamous day in show biz history, Arthur Godfrey– what, you never heard of Walter Godfrey? — fired singer Julius LaRosa. Godfrey was the Ed Sullivan of the…
