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  • Film Still Series #125

    August 30, 2009

    From the forthcoming film by Bill Hayward, Asphalt, Muscle and Bone, about a man at risk, the persistence of imagination and the impossibility of love. Produced by Bill Hayward and Anna Elman. Follow Bill's…

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  • William Waltz presents. . .a sestina by Noelle Kocot

    August 30, 2009

    Like a leaky zeppelin, National Night Out descends upon our cities the first Tuesday of every August. Some neighborhoods ignore it. Others, unfortunately, embrace it. This often leads to street blockades and forced mingling…

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  • Available Surfaces VII: In the Palm of the Poet’s Hand [T.R. Hummer]

    August 29, 2009

    With this post, I conclude my week-long stint as guest blogger for Best American Poetry. It has been a pleasure writing for this venue and for this audience. My thanks to David Lehman for…

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  • “The Burning of Los Angeles” — view from my street (by Mitch Sisskind)

    August 29, 2009

    Per the focus of this site, i always try to give a literary slant to things. So let's recall the painting from "Day of the Locust" —->>

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  • BAP 2009 Kickoff Reading: Thursday, September 24, 2009 at 7PM

    August 29, 2009

    On September 24, 2009. at 7 PM, in the New School's Tishman Auditorium (66 West 12 Street, ground floor), series editor David Lehman will host a gala launch reading for The Best American Poetry…

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  • The Amy Lowell No One Knows

    August 29, 2009

    The Taxi When I go away from youThe world beats dead Like a slackened drum.I call out for you against the jutted starsAnd shout into the ridges of the wind.Streets coming fast, One after…

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