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The Grief Tourist
From the mixed-up files of your Coeur Despondent: I am in Switzerland. I have come–ostensibly, insensibly–to praise, honor, mourn, and conjure the endings of some things. I have two endings in mind. The ostensible:…
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Major Jackson’s Favorite Covers [by Phoebe Putnam]
I had no choice but to ask poetry editor of Harvard Review and poet, Major Jackson, for his covers after admiring his website (click his name): a veritable thing of beauty. Major hasn't disappointed;…
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David Lehman’s Favorite Covers [by Phoebe Putnam]
Good morning! Very pleased to bring you today the favorite poetry covers of David Lehman, poet, occasional painter, and founding editor of the BAP series. The image above is a picture of Larry Rivers,…
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Another sonnet [by David Lehman]
And here's another hot one by David, for your sizzling summertime reading delectation. Here’s to the duality of flesh and blood, neck and rope,and the temporary flush of skin, absence of hope. As far…
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Bar Napkin Sonnet # 24 [by Moira Egan]
BAR NAPKIN SONNET #24 It’s wicked to admit I love these bruises,the set of fingerprints along my hipthat an FBI Agent could dust and useto track him down. I love the boy-stung lipsfrom hours…
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Steve Burt’s Cease & Desist List [by Phoebe Putnam]
"Poets and book designers should stay away for at least the next five years from cover images by: Mark Rothko Vincent Van Gogh Jackson Pollock Barnett Newman and Jan Vermeer I thought that rule…
