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“Northern Pike” by James Wright [as presented by Jenny Factor]
Jenny Factor on James Wright Stacey Harwood's important post earlier this week put me in mind of James Wright. A poet and exemplar of endurance. A sturdy fragile voice. Perhaps I'm looking for an antidote. Perhaps…
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Three Sonnets [by Mitch Sisskind]
Tears of the Intellectuals Tears of the intellectuals, bitter dew, Moistening pages of ponderous books Schmerz of the intellectuals, sad but true, Bellyaching of the egghead schnooks, Kvetching, self-loathing anchored deep In the hearts…
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Introduction to a History of the Sky [by Tom Disch]
There is not a single sky but rather a diversityof single sky-moments strung out like beadson a celestial necklace. The Greeks believedin a single sky with Zeus its rulerand his son Apollo a travelertraversing…
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“An Argentine Gaucho Named Bruno. . .” [from The Best American Erotic Poems]
<<<Even to attempt a definition of key terms such as erotic and pornographic is a hazardous task. But about a few things there is general agreement. This is from My Secret Life (c. 1890),…
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WEDNESDAYS WITH DENISE: April 19, 2023
Vievee Francis’s fourth book The Shared World was published on April 17 by TriQuarterly Books. Revelatory and redemptive, Francis is a poetry seer writing searing verse. The book’s cover art is a 1965 photograph of Galway…
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Quote of the Day [by Harrison Ball]
NYCB Principal Dancer Harrison Ball. Photo © Ricky Cohete Ed note: Soon after Harrison Ball was made a principal dancer with the New York City Ballet in 2022, he suffered several injuries that have…
