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Dick Katz Memorial Broadcast WKCR radio, Thursday, Nov 12, from 5 am – 9 pm. 89.9 FM in New York, or Streaming on wkcr.org
painting by Suzanne Cerny We were sad to learn that our dear friend, pianist extraordinaire Dick Katz, died on Tuesday at the age of 85. If you've listened to classic jazz, you've heard Dick…
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Premio Napoli [by Moira Egan]
[Vesuvius looming over Naples] Things I remember from the first time I visited Naples: it was mercilessly hot. Our hotel room was tiny, brown, and stifling, and the toilet paper was, well, awful. I…
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This Just In . . . C. D. Wright at Columbia University
This comes to us from Adam Fitzgerald: C.D. WRIGHT – “Concerning Why Poetry Offers A Better Deal Than The World's Biggest Retailer” Thursday, November 12, 2009, 7 p.m. – Dodge Hall, Room 413 C.D.…
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A Paean of Such Patience [by Tom Healy]
Armistice Day. The day the fighting ended. The day the weapons were put down. The day people turned, again, toward imagining what peace would be. Eisenhower warned us how hard it would be. Imagine…
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Shout Out to the Great Lakes Writers Festival!
Photo: Writers and teachers from area high schools gather after their workshops Last week David and I spent three fantastic days in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, as the Great Lakes Writers Festival's featured writers. The festival…
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“1918” [by Alina Gregorian]
1918 I remember when seagullsblasted through the ceiling in search of video cameras.And when the war ended you tipped your helmetin farewell and forfeited a golden ribbon.The eleventh signer of the Treaty of Grenadahad…
