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Three Birthday Boys and a Transit of Venus, by Kate Daniels
Today, the 5th of June, is the birthday of three of my favorite writers, as well as the beginning of a Transit of Venus – that most rare of astronomical events. As I understand…
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The Dodgers’ Secret Weapon
The Los Angeles Dodgers have defied the experts thus far this season. Despite crippling injuries, most notably to last year's MVP should-have-been Matt Kemp, they remain in first place. They are not a strong…
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“Nothing concentrates the mind like the prospect of being hanged at dawn” — DL & Connie Aitcheson on “Mad Men” last night
Spoiler alert: Read no further if you haven't seen the episode [the penultimate one in season five].Context: Faced with a then-hefty debt of $7,500, Lane forged Don's name on a check and embezzled the…
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Head, Heart, Foot: On Poetry & Tennis (by Kate Daniels)
John Crowe Ransom] has a wonderful line: what a poet must have in the right order is the head, the heart, and the foot. That’s a physical description of a rhythmic and intellectual activity,…
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SNEAK PEEK: The Best American Poetry 2012 (click pic and scroll down)
With bonus poems from 2011: — sdh
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Tocqueville on “Democratic” Literature
<<<Democratic literatures are always crawling with authors who see literature as nothing more than an industry, and for every great writer there are thoiusands of retailers of ideas.>>>Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America (trans.…
