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Over and Under by John Brehm
So sexy to slide under- neath a river, to sit inside this snakelike sub- marine-like subway car and freely imagine the world above— the Brooklyn Bridge invisibly trembling with the weight of its …
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Dream Pairing: Gabriella Gershenson and Phillip Lopate Read Together April 9, 7:00 pm (Lolita, 266 Broome St. NYC) by Stacey Harwood
A confession: I wrote my first-ever fan letter to Phillip Lopate, upon reading his essay "Chekhov for Children" from the collection Against Joie de Vivre (Simon &…
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Jackie Kennedy and Johnny Mercer [by David Lehman]
Usually I recoil from snarky letters to the editor pointing out errors in an article, although sometimes the unseemly back-and-forth between bitchy intellectuals in the back pages of the NY Review of Books is…
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Jacques Lacan: Imaginary Philosopher (by Jenny Factor)
One of my son's favorite people is Jacques Lacan. "He's dead," you say? Well, you have a right to your…
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Jenny Factor, Guest Blogger April 8-14
This week we welcome back Jenny Factor as our guest blogger. Jenny's first collection, Unraveling at the Name (Copper Canyon Press), was a finalist for the 2002 Lambda Literary Award. Factor's poems have appeared…
