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Things I Will Miss about David Franks (Terence Winch)
David Franks—loveable, eccentric, inventive—died on January 14, 2010, after a long struggle with cancer. The Baltimore Sun obituary gave his age as 61, which seemed suspiciously young to those of us who knew him…
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Sports Desk, Double Wide Editon: How I Learned to Drop the Ball and Love the Bull [by Gabrielle Calvocoressi]
This past week I took a hell of a spill. It was a nice day and I thought I’d go for my usual walk as way of moving into the writing day. I’ve started…
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XXIV. The 30 Films of Akira Kurosawa: Dodesukaden [1970] (by Lewis Saul)]
Ed note: For the next several weeks, composer and film aficionado Lewis Saul has agreed to supply us with in-depth commentary about the films of Akira Kurosawa, now showing in an extended festival at…
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XXIII. The 30 Films of Akira Kurosawa: Hachigatsu no kyoshikyoku (Rhapsody in August) [1991] (by Lewis Saul)]
Ed note: For the next several weeks, composer and film aficionado Lewis Saul has agreed to supply us with in-depth commentary about the films of Akira Kurosawa, now showing in an extended festival at…
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The One Thing That Can Save America: Why John Ashbery Should Be Awarded the Nobel Prize [by Michael Schiavo]
An open letter to the Nobel Committee No American-born poet has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for his/her country. Eliot was a British citizen and, despite the fact that he could never…
