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  • ‘Mes Occupations” [by Henri Michaux]

    October 18, 2009

           Henri Michaux died today twenty-five years ago. Nin Andrews has edited a superb collection of Michaux translations by diverse hands: Someone Wants to Steal My Name (Cleveland State University Press, 2003). Nin Andrews…

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  • Loren Goodman, Guest Blogger October 18 – 24

    October 18, 2009

     This week we welcome back Loren Goodman as our guest blogger.  Loren is Assistant Professor of Creative Writing and English Literature at Yonsei University/Underwood International College in Seoul, Korea. His first book of poems,…

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  • why the grade school angels have stuck around [by Dara Wier]

    October 18, 2009

    We spent yesterday driving from the Connecticut River Valley to Lowell, Massachusetts.  Glorious day, clouds drawn by addled cloud chasers, plenty of leaf peeping colors still flying around, good company, good conversation, a quick…

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  • Take My Mother-in-Law Sandwich . . . Please: Putting on the Feedbag in Chicago [by Jamie Katz]

    October 18, 2009

            photo by Peter Pawinski  The people of Chicago, that stormy, husky, brawling kind of town, sure know how to tie on the feed bag. Has any other American city patented so many signature…

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  • William Waltz presents. . .a Poem by Dara Wier

    October 18, 2009

    On October 12, three inches of snow draped the broad shoulders of our white pine like a moth-eaten shawl. Three inches of snow covered the lush green lawns of summer across the Twin Cities.…

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  • October 17, 2009

    There's a little slice of heaven in Hudson, NY, and it's called The Spotty Dog Books & Ale. We went down to Hudson today to meet up with friends, pick some baby stuff in…

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