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Try to Remember (by Laura Orem)
My reaction, upon first hearing that Goucher College's theater folks are putting on a production of The Fantasticks, was a not-so-inward groan. A chestnuttier chestnut you could not find, unless it was Oklahoma or…
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A Reader Writes: The KGB T-Shirt Has Magical Properties
Dear Best American Poetry blog: Last night I went to the KGB bar to hear Vijay Seshadri and David Lehman read their poems. While there, I picked up this t-shirt from Matthew Yeager, the…
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Homage to Sextus Propertius — Justin Marks’s Version
To The Muse Quick, won’t you help me with this undertaking,you, the noblest of faces in all of Rome?Tame my urges toward deplorableverse about little Hypanis Venetoand his sidekick Eridano;I know little of love’s…
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THE ARCHITECTURE OF ENTHUSIASM PART 3 by Brian Bouldrey
3. No Pain, No Gain Okay, so what if we just say “enthusiasm” is not the most serious part of making or observing art? I am as guilty as anyone of pushing the serious…
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Homage to Sextus Propertius — Cordelia Heaney’s Version
Amid desire you finger me in the crime,with that noble face, so conscious, of romance?to divide all my multiple ill predilections,multitude of Hypnotic Venus faces besides the earth;your ample consent nurtured lovesCynthia, two for…
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All I Want for Christmas is a Trip to the Titanic (by Laura Orem)
Stacey asked us to post our gift recommendations for the holiday season. But if I do that, people will know what they're getting from me. So instead, I thought I'd help out you generous…
