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  • “Lesbian Corn” [poem by Elaine Equi, dramatic reading by Nicole Santalucia]

    August 13, 2020

    For several years I've been announcing the first corn sighting of the season. The first corn always reminds me of one of my favorite poems, "Lesbian Corn," by Elaine Equi. We're presenting here in…

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  • “Chemistry Lesson” [by Edward Hirsch]

    August 12, 2020

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  • Portrait of Anne Porter [by Fairfield Porter]

    August 11, 2020

    Fairfield Porter, Anne, 1965, Oil on canvas. Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, New York.

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  • On Robert Fitzgerald’s Odyssey [by Carolyn Clark]

    August 11, 2020

    The Odyssey has often been considered the lighter of the two Homeric epics, easier to read, more various and more entertaining than its counterpart, The Iliad.  The splendor of the narrative is indisputable, and great…

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  • Bascove’s Bridges on the Streets of New York City

    August 10, 2020

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  • Embodiment Pantoum [by Amit Majmudar]

    August 10, 2020

    When you’ve had the same lover long enough,You want the same lover in a different bodySo that renewal isn’t quite betrayalNor the second first kiss a Judas kiss. You want the same lover in…

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