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BAP 2011 Launch at the New School September 22, 2011 [by David Lehman]
This brief report on last night's successful launch reading of The Best American Poetry 2011 will be followed in days ahead with some photographic magic from Start Black. It was the eighth straight year…
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Bukowski [by David Lehman]
Many artists and writers gather their strength by opposing the established order, but sooner or later the successful ones are assimilated into the culture (Allen Ginsberg, the Beats, Black Mountain, San Francisco). Usually it…
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Runnin’ Down a Dream (by Damon McLaughlin)
The Chicago Marathon is just around the corner on October 9. My brother and his wife will be running it. I think they’re crazy. But, because my plans to hear Charles Alexander of Chax…
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A Conversation between Brian Bouldrey & Jane Hirshfield, Pt. 3
photo (c) Robert Hatch Photography (Ed. note: This is the final installment of Brian Bouldrey's three-part interview with Jane Hirshfield occasioned by her just-released collection Come,Thief. Kevin Young selected Hirshfield's poem "The Cloudy Vase"…
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Dine Out Irene: Sunday, September 25, 2011. Help our farms recover from Hurricane Irene
David and I rarely dine out, in part because in New York City even a casual meal in a neighborhood restaurant can be quite expensive but mostly because I like to cook. It helps…
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A Conversation between Brian Bouldrey & Jane Hirshfield, Pt. 2
photo (c) Robert Hatch Photography (Ed. note: This is part two of Brian Bouldrey’s three-part interview with Jane Hirshfield, occasioned by her just-released collection Come,Thief. Kevin Young selected Hirshfield’s poem “The Cloudy Vase” for the Best American Poetry 2011. Go here for a schedule of…
