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  • “What It Feels Like to Be Aaron Smith” [by Aaron Smith]

    April 18, 2023

    What It Feels Like to Be Aaron Smith   Though you would never admit it, you’re still shocked by pubic hair in Diesel ads on Broadway and Houston, and you wonder what conversations lead…

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  • The New York School Diaspora (Part Forty-Eight): Nathan Hoks [by Angela Ball]

    April 18, 2023

    Poem for Wendy’s Eyes Last week as I was eating an apple pieWith my bare hands all by myself In a small room painted lime greenAnd lit by a dim chandelier whichHung from a…

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  • Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) [by Lewis Saul]

    April 18, 2023

    HILDGARD OF BINGEN (1098-1179) A woman who was born 925 years ago has had a lot of ink spilled over the centuries for us to know so much about her life. She was a…

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  • “Dancefloor” and “Acid Gems” fit and knit movement energy together for Ballet de Lorraine [By Tracy Danison]

    April 17, 2023

    “Acid Gems” by Adam Linder, inspired by George Balanchine's "Jewels". Photo © Laurent Philippe I follow the work of the Ballet de Lorraine, so I took the fast train to Nancy, the troupe’s seat,…

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  • Remembering Darragh Park [by David Lehmam, David Grant Noble, & Others]

    April 17, 2023

    Cherry blossoms filled the air, swept by the May wind, and a friend said, "Oh, I thought it was snowing." That, Darragh Park said, was the effect he tried to get across in his…

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  • Nin Andrews: Pick of the Week [ed. Terence Winch]

    April 16, 2023

                                      __________________________________________________ If anyone reads these poems   they will think they know what kind of person I…

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