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  • from “A Nocturnal upon St. Lucy’s Day” [by John Donne, 1572-1631]

    December 22, 2019

    You lovers, for whose sake the lesser sun          At this time to the Goat is run          To fetch new lust, and give it you,                 Enjoy your summer all; Since she enjoys her long…

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  • Squibs 343-352 [by Alan Ziegler]

    December 21, 2019

    343: Darkness falls but stops just short of my shoes, so I dance home, light on my feet.   344: One night Greenwich Village early-1960s Fat Black Pussycat, Tiny Tim opens for Richie Havens.…

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  • Susan Spotless [by Denise Duhamel]

    December 20, 2019

    An Indian canoes a river, the industrial skyline behind him puffing toxic smoke. He kneels, his hands changing paddles, and spots a floating piece of newsprint as accusatory music speeds up. The fringe sways…

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  • Photographer Benoîte Fanton’s dance vision: Get on up, hold on! [by Tracy Danison]

    December 20, 2019

    "L'Arène", from Don Quichotte de Trocadéro: Choreographer: Jose Montalvo/Performers: Sandra Mercky, Patrice Thibaud/Venue:Théâtre National de Chaillot, 2013 Monsieur Loyal commente la ballerine s’évente et pique la piste en vrille rouge banderille        …

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  • “The Clock,” a prose poem by Charles Baudelaire [trans. David Lehman]

    December 20, 2019

    The Clock – for a lady How do the Chinese tell time? By looking at the eyes of theircats. Here’s how. A lost missionary, afoot in a sleepy suburb of Nankin, hadforgotten his watch…

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  • “Job Interview” [by William Matthews]

    December 19, 2019

    Think you, if Laura had been Petrarch’s wifeHe would have written sonnets all his life?DON JUAN, III, 63-4 “Where do you see yourself five years from now?”the eldest male member (or is “male member”a…

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