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Memories of Jane Cooper part 2, by Denise Duhamel
I just finished reading Kazim Ali’s “From the Open Sea: The Body and Lyric in the Poetry of Jane Cooper,” which appears in the March/April edition of APR. His meeting with Jane at her…
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Weaver channels Bukowski after a bad night (by Mitch Sisskind)
The great Earl Weaver, multi-championship manager of the Baltimore Orioles, riffs pure poetry!
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Art for art’s sake! (by Mitch Sisskind)
My friends, just look at that magnificent painting! It shows Josef Stalin drawing revolutionary conclusions in a chat with some proletarians. Can you imagine the sheer joy of having a painting like that in…
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Jim Cummins Lands Seventeen Punches
It’s a little known fact that the poet Jim Cummins, our Midwest correspondent, is an ace at ice hockey. Born in the Wolverine State, Cummins played right wing for the Michigan State University Spartans…
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Burmese Poet Jailed for Valentine Verse
Saw Wai In Burma this January the poet Saw Wai was arrested for writing and publishing a love poem for Valentine’s Day with a secret message critical of Burma’s military dictator, Than Shwe. Entitled…
