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The Businessman, the Statesman, and the Poet
Ed note: On Thursday, April 26, 2012, at The Corner Bookstore in Manhattan (93rd Street and Madison Avenue), Dana Gioia read from Pity the Beautiful, his most recent volume of poetry. Here is the…
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“fist machine” [by Katie Thompson]
Blue, I’ve got you grounded.One clap for anarchy & your power grid,three more times if the first succeeded. My knuckles are pink from nickels you slidacross the table; my mouth is tired of tryingto…
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Timothy O’Keefe, Guest Blogger April 29-May 5
This week we welcome Timothy O’Keefe as our guest blogger. Timothy is the author of The Goodbye Town, winner of the 2010 FIELD Poetry Prize. His poems and lyric essays have appeared in The…
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Multiple Choice (by David Lehman)
The multiple-choice exam as an ad hoc poetic form attracted me even before I saw the clever and funny things John Ashbery did with it. My Freud Quiz is as much an homage to…
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Nothing Beats the Martini [by DL]
A "dark and stormy"(ginger beer and rum)does excellent things for some.Try it the next time you go off your diet.You'll see. But nothing beats a Martini.No, nothing beats a Martini. Informed imbibers agreethat a…
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Edvard Munch’s Scream: On Sale Today!
Not today actually but next Wednesday, "The Scream" is expected to fetch $80 million at Sotheby's. Private viewings in London and New York will have preceded the big auction. It's a painting that spoke…
