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“The Jailers and the Jailed” [by Tom Disch]
That will be the new two-tier social orderwith pharmaceuticals the unofficial currencydistributed at the stadia and KFCsof the unfamilied. Think of New Orleansand multiply by n.The jailers will own their own vansand take vacations…
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This Just In . . .
Our friends from The Brooklyn Academy of Music (that's BAM in the local vernacular) write to tell us about these upcoming performances: Lightning at our feet Dec 9, 11—13 at 7:30pm The poetry of…
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“Madame Tussaud’s” by Valery Larbaud
A note on Valery Larbaud by Bill Zavatsky: Poet, novelist, short-story writer, and belles-lettrist, Valery Larbaud was born in Vichy, France, in 1881. His father was the wealthy proprietor of a mineral water springs,…
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Star Black and Daniel Nester at KGB Bar [by Julia Cohen]
I think it might be better to begin by telling you how Monday’s KGB reading [December 1, 2008] ended: It ended with an encore, which to my knowledge, happens a lot at rock shows…
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I am about to amaze myself [Catharine R. Stimpson]
This is not the post I meant to type. And I am about to amaze myself by typing it. I am about to do two things I have never done. First, I am going…
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“Modern Love”: XX [by George Meredith]
# 20 I am not of those miserable males Who sniff at vice, and, daring not to snap, Do therefore hope for heaven. I take the hap Of all my deeds. The wind that…
