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Announcing the Gunpowder Press Latinx Poetry Chapbook contest [by Emma Trelles]
Gunpowder Press invites Latinx poets who are current residents of California (age 18+) to submit to the first Gunpowder Latinx Poetry Chapbook contest. The deadline to submit is September 30, 2021. Poems may be…
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Mahler’s Second Symphony — with commentary [by Aaron Cohen]
Check out this podcast of Mahler's 2nd symphony with commentary. This link also leads to Aaron Cohen's similar treatment of Mahler's 1st. Available July 7, 2021 The podcast series Embrace Everything – The World…
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The Poet’s Notebook: Interview with erica kaufman [by Andrew McCarron]
[Guest author note: In addition to being an accomplished and innovative poet, erica kaufman is the Director of the Bard College Institute for Writing & Thinking. The institute, which has been offering professional development…
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Street Musicians [by birthday boy John Ashbery]
One died, and the soul was wrenched out Of the other in life, who, walking the streets Wrapped in an identity like a coat, sees on and on The same corners, volumetrics, shadows Under trees. Farther than anyone…
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“Jackie Kennedy” [by Mary Maxwell]
Jackie Kennedy Fabulous beast rumored to have roamed the dunes, a sighted unicornof sorts, gone to the Moors for a slumming late-night drink, or sosome claim. Somewhere behind her oft-photographed dark glasses, possibly a…
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The Poet’s Notebook: Jean Holabird’s Travel Notebooks [by Andrew McCarron]
[Guest author note: In 2019, I attended an eightieth birthday party for the New York City poet Tony Towle. The gathering was hosted by Tony’s good friend, the artist Jean Holabird, and Tony’s partner,…
