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  • “Living in the Past” [by David Lehman]

    September 4, 2025

                        You’re living in the past, people tell me. I tell them they’re right.  I don’t understand non-fungible tokens, modern monetary theory, or cryptocurrency. Video…

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  • The Ashbery Jahrzeit

    September 3, 2025

    On this day in 2017, John Ashbery died. Here is how PBS reported the loss: << John Ashbery, a master of poetic verse whose enigmatic, dexterous work challenged the world of American poetry, died…

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  • BAP 2025 is here

    September 2, 2025

    Today is our pub date. . .   Thursday the 4th of September at 7 PM we launch the new book and celebrate the series at the 92nd Steett Y in NYC.

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  • Schadenfreude: A Living Definition

    September 1, 2025

      Freud knew he had brought joy to the world with such words as "thanatos," "id," supergego," reaction formation," "sublimation," "transference," "manifest content," and other original concepts for which terms had to be found. …

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  • Julia Heney: Pick of the Week [ed. Terence Winch]

    August 31, 2025

                            _______________________________________________________ Baltimore by Night In the city of vivid dreams, I take a callfrom a friend. He’s coming to the potluck, he…

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  • BAP 2025 Farewell Tour: Thursday, September 4, 2025 at 7 PM at the 92nd Street Y

    August 29, 2025

    Thursday September 4, 2025 7:00 PM The 92nd Street Y, New York 1395 Lexington AvenueNew York, NY 10128212.415.5500 In person and streaming tickets are available Longtime series editor of The Best American Poetry David…

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