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Book Sale! {Loren Goodman}
If you haven't forgotten, April is poetry month! In celebration, I stumble on a local book sale near my Alma Mater. You never know what used books you'll find over here. When I ask…
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Ed Ochester Presents a Poem by Alicia Suskin Ostriker
ALICIA SUSKIN OSTRIKER “Alicia was one of the first poets I recruited for the Pitt Poetry Series and we’ve been together for many books. I think of her as a life-giving poet, one of…
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It’s Ella (1917- 1996) ‘s Birthday
It's April 25, which makes it Ella Fitzgerald's 92nd birthday not that you need an excuse to play her Gershwin and Berlin songbooks it's a lovely day today and whatever you've gotto do she'd…
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A Last Ramble and Farewell [Merle Bachman]
–Washed up on the shore of a weekend. On my island bed, I survey the waves of light on the rooftop opposite my room (that tree taken down a few days ago has left…
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“Because They Say What You Own Defines You” [by Kate Angus]
BECAUSE THEY SAY WHAT YOU OWN DEFINES YOU O lip gloss, cherry(as teenage crush convertibles parkedon the flat gray riverbed of suburban driveways); three pens;and solitary notebook, blue — youare the contents of the…
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“Gossip” [by Nin Andrews]
Gossipor the Parable for the Homosexual Man My father loved gossip and defended it all the time. It’s where the truth always lies, and vice versa, he liked to say. And besides, history and…
