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  • We are not amused, part four (by Mitch Sisskind)

    May 5, 2008

    Miss Subways was such a great idea! Riding the NYC tube to work in the morning, a man could feel like a real schmuck — but when he looked up and saw the Miss…

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  • Ted Berrigan

    May 4, 2008

    I found this clip on Youtube. Ron Padgett’s book about Ted describes the sheer joy they felt putting together issues of "C" magazine in the 1960s. May we who provide "content" for this blog…

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  • Poetic term of the day — May 5, 2008

    May 4, 2008

    CATACHRESIS (kata-KREE-sis): Misuse or abuse of words; the use of the wrong word for the context, as atone for repent, ingenuous for ingenious, or a forced trope in which a word is used too…

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  • Andrey Gritsman & Fanny Howe @ KGB

    May 4, 2008

    KGB Monday Night Poetry Reading Series Hosted by Laura Cronk and Michael Quattrone Monday, May 5, 2008 7:30 pm FREE Featuring: Andrey Gritsman and Fanny Howe ANDREY GRITSMAN is a native of Moscow, Russia,…

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  • A Broad, Abroad (installment the fifth)

    May 4, 2008

    In Dublin airport. Last night’s show was at Dublin Castle, pictures possibly forthcoming. The stage was a little high, the barrier a little too far from the stage, and Jillie was a little too…

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  • The Mad Hatter’s BAP Trivia Quiz by Lauren MacArthur

    May 4, 2008

    1. Name the poet that is most widely-represented in BAP and has yet to be a guest editor. 2. What is the shortest title of a poem ever to appear in BAP? 3. What…

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