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Moon and River [by Emma Trelles]
8:50 a.m., Thursday, somewhere over the South: I’m on a plane to Denver, and the range of clouds below me appears carved and forested, their sides a sheer plummet of pale slate and…
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A Poem from “It was the season, then.” [by Amy Allara]
As this week is the AWP conference in Denver I was prompted to share a poem by Sarah Suzor, who is in attendance and gave a reading last night at Plus Gallery. Sarah is…
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How to Sell a Musical Instrument [by Amy Allara]
When I recently returned to my stack of Etude magazines, I came across the following: The first ad is titled “Sister Susie and the Steno’ Job” and I assure you that I am…
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A Short, Packed, Serious Argument Against Gym Guilt [by Jennifer Michael Hecht]
Darlink Bleaders, Today I'd like to be less fanciful than I usually am here and deliver what I hope you will agree is a short, packed, serious argument against gym guilt. I've touched…
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Shout Out Tuesday: Hissa Halal [by Amy Lawless]
You haven't heard of Hissa Halal? What's wrong with you? Hilal is a Saudi woman who's one of the finalist in the Persian Gulf reality television show called "The Million's Poet" [THINK…
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Happy JA Day, Every Buddy!
It's John Ashbery Day in New York — as April 6 was designated ("in perpetuity") by New York's City Council on April 6, 2006 — so a bunch of us decided to get together…
