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Two Dozen Reasons to Make Dinner [by Adrienne Su]
Twelve Ways Cooking Is Empowering: When you look into the refrigerator at what used to elicit a wail of “there’s nothing to eat,” you see the makings of a frittata, pizza, or fried rice.…
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Pictures from an Institution (The Columbia Review reunion of 2005)
from the reunion of Columbia Review editors and writers organized in spring 2005 by Les Gottesman: on top, left to right, John Hollander, Richard Howard, David Lehman; below, Rika Lesser (blurred), David Lehman, Paul…
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The Two Kinds of Poets [by Adrienne Su]
I have an informal, untested theory that when it comes to sustenance while writing, there are two kinds of poets: coffee poets and food poets. Coffee poets (who in some cases could be considered…
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Grief Canning [by Barbara Hamby]
(Ed note: This post first appeared on this date in 2016 and it became the most popular post of the year, read and shared widely. It seems fitting to bring it back this year,…
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Today is National Dog Day: “Good Dogs” by Charles Baudelaire
5th Ave & 9th St., October 22, 2014 (photo by Stacey Lehman) Away with the academic muse! I have no business with that old prude. I invoke the familiar muse, the citizen, the boon…
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Everything in Its Place [by Adrienne Su]
Poet and memoirist Sandra Beasley cooks differently depending on whether she’s writing poetry or prose: “I’m a tremendous fan of mise en place; one of my favorite wedding gifts was a stack of glass…
