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  • “Letter from American Airspace” [by Elizabeth Powell]

    September 9, 2020

    Today is the pub date for Elizabeth Powell's excellent new book Atomizer by Elizabeth Powell (Louisiana State University Press). Here is "Letter from American Airspace," a poem from the book: The end of romance…

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  • Performing by ear, Paris venues open doors, point the sky [by Tracy Danison]

    September 6, 2020

    “Cold Blood”, state-of-the-art live performance by Michèle Anne De Mey, Jaco Van Dormael and Kiss & Cry collective, La Scala Paris, 2019. Photo©Julien Lambert Here comes the sun, do, dun, do, do/ Here comes the…

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  • The return of the mountebanks to Paris: the imperative pleasure of live performance [by Tracy Danison]

    September 6, 2020

    A mountebank tries her hand for the Compagnie Gwénaël Morin’s “Uneo uplusi eurstragé dies” performance, which opened the post-lockdown season in Paris. Photo©Emile Zeizig/mascarille.com Yeah baby, I like it like that/ You gotta believe…

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  • Diane Ward: Pick of the Week [ed. Terence Winch]

    September 6, 2020

                              Diane Ward, McGinty's Pub, Silver Spring, Maryland, Oct. 2018. Photo by T. Winch ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Never Walk Out of Your Life  …

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  • “After Love” [by Jack Gilbert, 1925-2012]

    September 5, 2020

    He is watching the music with his eyes closed. Hearing the piano like a man movingthrough the woods thinking by feeling. The orchestra up in the trees, the heart below, step by step. The…

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  • Tim Dlugos [by Terence Winch]

    September 5, 2020

    The last time I saw Tim Dlugos was 30 December 1989. We met for dinner at Kramer Books & Afterwords, the first bookstore/café in the land (as far as I know). It’s one of…

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