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WEDNESDAYS WITH DENISE: August 2, 2023
Sally Wen Mao’s The Kingdom of Surfaces was published yesterday by Graywolf Press. The book interrogates the Western gaze, the eroticizing/exoticizing of Chinese people, women in particular. Each poem is a knockout that builds…
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In Honor of Caroline Seebohm, 1940-2023
The vivacious Caroline Seebohm at Oxford, circa 1961. Photo credit: Peter Espe In January of this year she wrote to me, "I'm sitting at the right hand of God. As I am left-handed you…
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The New York School Diaspora (Part Fifty-Six): Loren Goodman [by Angela Ball]
WHO WOULD WIN Ernie Shavers vs. Ernie Hemingway — who would win??? Norman Mailer vs. Norman Bates — who would win??? Betty vs. Veronica — who would win??? Jacques Cousteau vs. Jacques…
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Filmic Punctuation / MIZOGUCHI: Ugetsu [by Lewis Saul]
A director edits a film from the start Where to place the camera; what kind of lens to use; shot composition (master, close-up, telephoto), etc. Editorial decisions are why all serious filmmakers are auteurs. The…
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Attention Internet Editors: Please Credit Your Sources Correctly! [by Stacey Harwood-Lehman]
Last September, our guest author Susan Morrow posted here her translations of Egyptian poetry ancient (Invocation to a Scribe) and modern (The Song of Baramhat) . Soon thereafter the site 100 Best Poems picked up…
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Aza Pace: Pick of the Week [ed. Terence Winch]
_______________________________________________________ Portrait of Nymphs Bathing After the painting A…