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Would Bukowski Really Sell Levis?
I wish Levis would roll credits at the end of these commercials so that those watching would know they're hearing Charles Bukowski's "The Laughing Heart,"(one of my favorite poems), or Walt Whitman's "O Pioneers!"…
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Brain Surgeon or Poet? [by Lisa Vihos]
While cooking dinner last night, I heard a fascinating story on public radio about Dr. Alfredo Quinones, an internationally-known neurosurgeon at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. Dr. Quinones, or Dr. Q, as he is…
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Monday, October 3, 2011 6:30 PM: Poetry Forum with James Fenton, Moderated by David Lehman. The New School, 66 W. 12th Street, 7th Floor.
Born in Lincoln in 1949, raised in Yorkshire and Staffordshire, James Fenton is among the most highly acclaimed British poets writing today, and among the most versatile. He has worked as a political journalist,…
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Unleaving Time [by Lisa Vihos]
Time, so they say, flies when you are having fun. Does that mean it goes excruciatingly slow when you are sad or suffering? I would have to say that the answer to this is…
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James Merrill House now accepting applications & a reading by Leslie McGrath in PA
I’ll be reading on Friday September 30th at the Susquehanna Center for Creative Arts in Columbia, PA with David Mura and Jesse Waters at 6:00 PM. This is part of a continuing series of…
