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The Secret Joy of Books
"A book ought to be an ice pick to break up the frozen sea within us."– Franz Kafka – etrelles
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A Fine Romance – In Poughkeepsie, NY with David Lehman, Sunday, January 15, 2:30 PM
The Poughkeepsie, NY library has planned a stellar season of lectures, perfomances, and movie screenings to correspond with the touring exhibit David curated to complement his award winning A Fine Romance: Jewish Songwriters, American…
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The Godfather channel: all Godfather, all the time
<<<While Sonny is driving alone in his car, he's listening to the October 3,1951 radio broadcast of Russ Hodges calling the decisive third game of the Dodgers-Giants playoff — a half-inning before Bobby Thomson ended the Dodgers' season…
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Quote of the Day – Alain de Botton
Much modern architecture fails that general human challenge: how to look good when you're no longer so young. Alain de Botton via twitter @alaindebotton Nominees for this category of modern architecture? — sdh
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Spend It All [by Robert P. Baird]
Pass much time in the company of poets—young or old, online or off—and soon enough you’ll find yourself privy to the cycles of consternation and dismay inspired by the general insignificance of poetry. Even…
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Do Male Poets Have Crushes on Female Poems? [by DL]
Maybe, but the reverse is also true, and the old canard that male poetry editors like it when the women talk dirty implies bad faith on the part of the males and bad morals…
