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  • Jill Allyn Rosser presents a poem by Claire Bateman

    June 10, 2012

           Somehow, Sunday seems an appropriate day to present this poem by Claire Bateman, a fine and under-recognized poet from Greenville, South Carolina, with six books to her name: Coronology (2009); Leap (2005);…

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  • ”Nell, In Her Villa” [by James Cummins]

    June 9, 2012

    They flee from me who sometime still had sought me;I was for sale, and everybody bought me.When I was young, you never could’ve caught me. You lusted for some fancy; then you got me.I…

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  • “New York, New York” in honor of the Belmont Stakes with the Chairman of the Board

    June 9, 2012

     

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  • Julie Sheehan, Constituent Bartender, faces uncertainty

    June 9, 2012

    In last night’s anxiety dream, I was suddenly tending bar at an unfamiliar restaurant, a wine bar with a sprawling, open floor plan of tables and a sleek, steel and glass bar. It wasn’t…

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  • Happy birthday, Cole Porter of Peru, Indiana

    June 9, 2012

     

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  • Word & Music in Music City, USA, by Kate Daniels

    June 9, 2012

    I mentioned in yesterday’s post that this weekend the CMA Fest is going on in Nashville.  For those who don’t know, this is country music’s annual big ol’ time.  It used to take place…

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