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  • An Interview with James Longenbach [by Aspen Matis]

    April 8, 2021

    Renowned poet and literary critic James Longenbach is the author of six poetry collections ― including Earthling, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award ― and eight books of prose. His poems have…

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  • Who said it? [A Challenge]

    April 6, 2021

    Remember when the Sunday Times Book Review, frankly middlebrow and proud of it, used to run author's queries ("for a biography of Maxwell Anderson I would be grateful . . .") and legitimate questions…

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  • Larkin, Uncensored (On Robert Lowell)

    April 5, 2021

    On Robert Lowell Lowell, Lowell, Lowell, Lowell,Corn is the thing he does so well. . . This version of the couplet was written in 1966; an earlier one was crafted in 1964. Among British…

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  • Elaine Equi: Pick of the Week [ed. Terence Winch]

    April 4, 2021

                                  photo by Jerome Sala ______________________________________________________________________________________ The Repairman   I can’t get rid of him. One day I found him…

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  • On the Street Where You Live [by Robert Wrigley]

    April 3, 2021

                              “Love takes time to overcome.”–Confucius Certain love songs beloved by men are listened to with something like derision by women.  So I have been assured, by a woman, and I wonder about…

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  • The Final Season [by Greg Pattenaude]

    April 3, 2021

    RALPH FASANELLA (1914 – 1997) | Sandlot Game Thursday was the most glorious day on the calendar, one filled with childlike dreams and unmatched optimism. No, I’m not referring to April Fool’s Day, but…

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