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Here’s to you, Hoagy Carmichael
Photo by Mark Minton in Bloomington, Indiana, special for the BAP blog. And here's Ella with "Skylark," one of the great collaborations between Hoagy and Johnny Mercer.
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Resonating at Random [by Lera Auerbach]
Ink on Paper by Lera Auerbach A tree is never just a tree. Social distancing one could measure. But how distant should one be from oneself? Too distant, and you risk losing yourself…
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“I am Trying to Break Your Heart” [by Kevin Young]
I am hopingto hang your head on my wallin shame— the slightest taxidermythrills me. Fish forever leapingon the living-room wall— paperweights madefrom skulls of small animals.I want to wear your smile on my sleeve&…
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WORKING SPACE: READING / NOT READING [by Jennifer Clarvoe]
This is the kind of reader I’d like to be: In the spring, as a way to keep “meeting” during lockdown, my friend Cammy and I would talk twice a week about writing. Because…
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Beethoven’s Choice [by Lera Auerbach]
The truth is that I do not know how I feel about Beethoven. There seem to be two separate things – one is Beethoven, the other one is our admiration for Beethoven. The second…
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The Godfather of Trolling, or Who Was Lucian? [by Michael Fontaine}
One hundred years ago, in April 2020, we were lucky to host Michael Fontaine as our guest author, just as his timely translation of Vincent Obsopoeus's How to Drink: A Classical Guide to the…
