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Theo Van Gogh (by Lawrence J. Epstein)
Vincent Van Gogh was born 159 years ago today. But that's not a picture of him. It's a picture of his younger brother Theo, who virtually single-handedly provided the financial and emotional support that…
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John Wooden Coached Basketball Champs with Poetry [by Catherine Woodard]
John Wooden, who coached UCLA to a surely unsurpassable record of 10 NCAA basketball championships, considered poetry one of his most effective coaching tools. Poetry was not for game days, but for the locker…
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Dolores in Switzerland, 1954 (by Steven Rea)
I found this photo from one of the dealers that I source my movie-stars-on-bikes photos from. (See Hollywood Rides a Bike, the international bestseller!) It's stamped "Sep 19 1954," and someone (a newspaper photo…
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Introducing . . . . Kevin Young at the 92nd Street Y March 26, 2012
Ed note: Kevin Young gave wonderful reading on Monday at the 92nd Street Y here in NYC. He read new poems plus selections from his books, which you can buy here. Here's David Lehman's…
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Renewed and Improved: Poetry in Motion Returns to NYC Subways [by Catherine Woodard]
Poetry rides the rails again in New York City. After a four-year hiatus, Poetry in Motion is back in NYC subways, reinstated by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) in collaboration with the Poetry Society…
