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“Balding. Can’t Sing. Can Dance a Little.”*
*Notes from Fred Astaire's first screen test. Something to keep in mind when reading the next rejection slip.
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This ‘n That: News from Kevin Young, T. P. Winch, and Jim Cummins
Kevin Young, this year's Best American Poetry guest editor, will be criss-crossing the country over the next few months. If you're lucky, he's planning to stop in your town. You can find his full…
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Calling All Tattooed Poets! Show us your ink!
Poet Chenelle Milford's Wedding Star Tattoo Since it's inception in 2008, we here at the Best American Poetry blog have cheered on Bill Cohen, one of our favorite bloggers, as he has assembled an…
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Julie Sheehan, Constituent Bartender: A Cordial Romney Comeback?
Cordials took a hit with the advent of infused liquors. They used to be our sturdy flavor friends, rarely useful, but rising to the taste when called upon. Now they’ve been downsized, as vodka…
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A Heart Attack and a Novel (by Lawrence J. Epstein)
Edmund Wilson called it a "shock of recognition," the realization of a truth that you knew but did not previously recognize. It took me twelve hours to be shocked into realizing that the small…
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“Questions for Amy Gerstler” [by Asa Drake]
Questions for Amy Gerstler I want to believe when you write about like minds that it’s my like mind, not that of Boy George or Famous Author. What started you on the idea of…
