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“Continuously Ameliorate!” – the Poetry of Engrish (by Laura Orem)
In preparation for the 2008 Summer Olympics, one of the tasks facing the city fathers of Beijing, besides cleaning up the poisonous air and modernizing the public toilets, was what to do about signage.…
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A Few Lines from Woody Allen as Mickey Sachs [by Amy Allara]
I had originally planned to mention a variety of scenes from Woody Allen’s films that pertained to writing and literature in some way (there are so many to choose from), but ended up with…
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“The People of Yesteryear” [by Loren Goodman]
The People of Yesteryear The people of yesteryear were quiteRemarkable. Alexander the Great, forExample, I was surprised to see, hadNo arms, only one leg, and no head! Neither Dionysus nor AphroditeHad noses; though they…
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The Dylan Watch (by Lawrence J. Epstein)
This is a post about Bob Dylan and Judaism. Were Dylan more of an ordinary person, an ordinary analysis might suffice. Such an analysis would include the normally revealing facts that Robert…
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History and the Poem: Part Two [by Amy Allara]
Onto to the part of the story pertaining to the poem; after that year of research I found myself in graduate school, studying poetry. I also found myself stealing lines, even entire passages from…
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“The Perfect Company” [by Nin Andrews]
The Perfect Company Your call is important to us. The next available operator will be with you shortly. Please be assured we only hire the very best operators. None of them are human. There…
