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“Why not? Why do I have to be such a chicken?” Ron Padgett on writing poems for Jim Jarmusch’s “Paterson”
And speaking of Jim Jarmusch's films, I watched "Dead Man" several times when doing research for an essay on poetry in film. After a while, it struck me that, while there many overt references…
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Claire Bateman, Poet and Painter (by Nin Andrews)
Lately I have been struggling with words. I think it has something to do with the politics of the time. I sit down to work, and my mind buzzes with white noise. I don’t…
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Listen up! Really! “This Day Too: Music From Irish America” by Terence Winch et. al.
We're thrilled to announce that Terence Winch's most recent album, This Day Too: Music From Irish America is now available for download from the Free Dirt site, Spotify, iTunes, and Amazon. You will find in…
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The Inquisitive Eater: Market Report by Stacey Harwood-Lehman
In January of 1974, a five-pound bag of sugar cost 85 cents; by year-end, just in time for the office cookie exchange, the price of the same five-pound bag increased to $2.35. The trend…
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Will the Real Cary Grant Please Stand Up? [by David Lehman]
In the TV show "To Tell the Truth," there were always three individuals pretending to be the prominent or accomplished figure, an adventurer or a football hero, and the panel had to choose who…
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“Polykarp Kusch” (by Mitch Sisskind)
Polykarp Kusch (Physics Nobel Prize, 1955) She loved his brain but his body Came with it. He could morph A precise yet poetic Improvisation On waves, clouds, or the wind Into the most incredibly…
