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In the dark [by Rachel Barenblat]
IN THE DARK (VAYESHEV) The mysterious unnamed manis always a messengersent to keep our story movingin the right direction. The appropriate answer is always hineni, here I am ready for whatever pitch is up…
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Year-end pop music [by Ken Tucker]
National Public Radio’s "Fresh Air with Terry Gross" recently aired my annual best-pop-music year-end round-up; you can listen to it here. I'd like to call attention to a couple of entries I think you…
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Sonnet on Mirth [by Jennifer Michael Hecht]
Well, friends, first-timers, and regular bleaders, I didn't know what I was going to say today. Busy may have its own roots, as a word, but for me it is a swarm of bzzzing…
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Bunnies vs. Snowflakes – An Interview with John Ashbery
Our friend Deborah Landau, poet and director of the NYU Graduate Writing Program,sends over an interview that she and poet Meghan O’Rourke conducted with John Ashbery as part of the Slate/NYU Open Book Series.…
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Ecrire des Tartines
While taking a mid-day break, I came across this post on a once-favorite blog that I haven't visited in months. Is anyone out there familiar with this expression? I love it! — sdh
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View from the prow [by Rachel Barenblat]
VIEW FROM THE PROW The borrowed baby clings one-armed and drools pearls on my shoulder. The hitch in his breathing slows to a steady rhythm, though whether it is slow as in before sleep…
