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The News and the Weather [by DL]
When you read a newspaper after two weeks of shunning any,you may get excited at first (Bristol Myers develops anti-cancer medication without debilitating side-effects of chemo; professional hackers in Idaho are sabotaging Iran's nuclear…
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A Feast of Vermeers plus Fragonard — and Richter: Girls Reading [by DL]
Tom Clark's blog today features a gallery of paintings by Vermeer and such others as Pieter de Hooch, Pieter Elinga, Gabriel Metsu plus a mighty fine Fragonard from 1770 and a recent Gerhard Richter…
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“Can’t act. Slightly bald. Also dances.”
George Bernard Shaw famously remarked that dancing is "the vertical expression of a horizontal desire legalized by music." For proof, just watch this Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers scene from the 1934 film "Night…
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Jill Allyn Rosser presents a poem by Todd Boss
Note: This week we revive our practice of having a Sunday poetry editor, chosen from the ranks of lit mag editors, to pick a poem from a recent issue and add a comment on…
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Kate Daniels, Guest Blogger June 4-11 and the return of the Sunday editor
This week we welcome Kate Daniels as our guest blogger. Kate is the author of four books of poetry, including A Walk in Victoria’s Secret, her most recent, and the editor of Muriel Rukeyser’s…
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Meet the Press: Nin Andrews in conversation with Geoffrey Gatza of BlazeVOX
NA: I love your description of BlazeVOX: “We are an independent publisher of weird little books.” Would you elaborate on the weird little books you publish? GA: Hurray, I am glad you like our…
