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More on Pizza, Pasta, & Poetry [by Moira Egan]
[another sunset shot over the Colosseum] People often ask, "So how's the poetry scene in Rome?" and of course there are two very different answers. I'd say the Italian poetry scene is pretty lively,…
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Russell Crowe, poet
Word (in every sense) comes from The Guardian that Russell Crowe composed a poem to read at Sunday night's Empire Film Awards ceremony. After receiving an "actor of our lifetime" award (!) (wouldn't that…
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Fixing the Financial Mess
A reader asks: What can be done to save the financial system? How seriously should the individual take the national economic crisis? There are some obvious steps we can take. Many economists agree on…
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Nin Andrews & Sally Ashton: Last Night at KGB [by Megin Jimenez]
A Fine Night for the Living The podium of the KGB Bar was graced with the presence of two audacious poetesses last night, Sally Ashton and Nin Andrews. Happy synergies between poets marked the…
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POEMS, KLEENEX, & THREE MISGIVINGS by Jeni TruckDarling Olin
O flaked ice, I'm so lost without my Maker's Mark. Angina, transport me into a private room at last to take the corner off of today, smeared with the heart tissue of angels, Live!…
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“Duck and Cover, Allen!” (by Laura Orem)
My "Art as Activism" class is in the middle of studying the 1950's. We've been watching the terrific 1982 documentary, The Atomic Cafe, a collection of army training and civil defense films, contemporary interviews,…
