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In Memoriam Jerry Leiber, lyricist
Mike Stoller wrote the music and Jerry Leiber, who died today, wrote the words for songs Elvis Presley, the Coasters, and the Drifters made famous when popular music went from the Big Band…
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Sinatra and Brando on the set of “Guys and Dolls”
When you watch the film version of Guys and Dolls, you sometimes get the feeling that Nathan Detroit and Adelaide (Frank Sinatra and Vivian Blaine) are in one movie, a hoot, while Sky Masterson and…
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“Revolutionary Road”: A masterpiece you must read [by DL]
If you're hooked on Mad Men, as I am, you owe it to yourself to read Richard Yates's great novel of exisential suburban angst, Revolutionary Road (published in 1961). The book is a fucking…
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This Just in from Molly Peacock
The marvelous Molly Peacock writes to encourage us to spread the word about the Troubador poetry competition, now accepting entries. Of the contest, Molly says: This is a marvelous contest, full of prestige, and…
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Contemporary Manifestations of the Beloved by Roger Sedarat
My experience with the ghazal, as both a translator from the classical Persian as well as an Iranian-American poet writing in the form in English), gets me thinking comparatively, both in terms of time…
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Abandoned Quarry Seen from Below by John Lane
(c)Nin Andrews Nin Andrews interviews John Lane here.
