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Monday Morning Video Happiness [rogue post by Jennifer Michael Hecht]
Dear Bleaders, I found such a great sound for a bleading party here on "Jennifer Michael Hecht's The Lion and the Honeycomb" the title of which is itself a gory story of Samsom killing…
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“Shmerl the Narr” (by Mitch Sisskind)
Shmerl the Narr is a much loved stock character from Jewish folklore — a "wise fool." In this comic strip version of a well-known story, Shmerl has "foolishly" gone to the wilderness in order…
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Robert Hershon Presents a Poem by Paul Violi
This poem by Paul Violi appears is his collection Overnight and has been reprinted in a number of places, including The Best American Poetry. Counterman What’ll it be? Roast beef on rye, with tomato…
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Bob Dylan and Israel (by Lawrence J. Epstein)
It is possible to select carefully chosen materials from Bob Dylan's life and songs to reflect your own beliefs. So it is with some hesitation that I describe Dylan's relationship with Israel. I will…
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‘Breaking Bad’ tonight: Walt reads Walt: White on Whitman [by Ken Tucker]
I urge you to watch tonight’s episode of Breaking Bad, which finds Bryan Cranston’s Walter White adjusting to the dissolution of his marriage while declining to abandon one big reason it dissolved: He still…
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The Young British Poets! by Todd Swift
From a distance, Britain (the UK), can appear a weird place – especially these days. It’s just had a week of travel chaos with its skies completely shut down due to an Icelandic volcano.…
