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Ideal Idyll of an Idle Idol in the Ides of Winter [by Jennifer Michael Hecht]
Dear Bleaders, Last week I wrote to you. The post started, “I don’t know how I’m going to get the gumption or gusto to write this post.” Then cursor blink. I blinked back.…
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For the Love of Poetry [By Leah Umansky]
I thought I’d write tonight about poetry and the kind of poems that move me. Ironically, the poems I call my “favorites” are nothing like the poems I actually write. I never realized this…
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A Book is a Book is a Book…[By Leah Umansky]
I may not have always been a reader, but I love books. I’m a bit of a book snob. I love libraries for research and note-taking, but for pleasure-reading, I’m selfish. I need my…
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Congratulations Natasha Tretheway, Poet Laureate of Mississippi
The video below is making the rounds on Facebook, occasioned by the news that Natasha Tretheway has just been named poet laureate of Mississippi. Read about the appointment here. David and I met Natasha back…
