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Warrenn Buffett’s Cadillac
From this week's Barron's (7/31/23) comes "Land of the Share Class, Home of the Braves" by Andrew Bary in which we learn that Warren Buffett is a big believer in Liberty Sirius XM (LSXMK)…
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Douglas Crase on John Ashbery [on JA’s Birthday]
from "Driving by the Lake with John Ashbery" by Douglas Craseleft: Larry Rivers's portrait of John Ashbery and "Pyrography"(circa 1976) Driving by the Lake With John Ashbery <<<John never insisted on being the sole…
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Amusing little morning nosegays [by Mitch Sisskind]
'I'd rather get my ass whipped with a plank 'Than go to a dinner party.' For these words We have Billy Bob Thornton to thank As for morning's songs we thank the birds. …
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Introducing JA
Four introductions to poetry readings given by birthday boy John Ashbery. . . .. with John everything seems significant. "Mountain ash mindlessly dropping its berries" is one phrase in which he consciously puts himself…
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Antigone, in 26 words [by David Lehman]
Antigone Against brutal Creon,doll establishesfugitive greatness.His internaljustice, knowledgelaw mean nothing,only piety.Questing revenge,she triumphs,uttering virginalwounds extravagant,yearning’s zenith. See also https://blog.bestamericanpoetry.com/the_best_american_poetry/2023/01/the-tears-of-antigone-an-astrological-profile-by-david-lehman.html
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“alkaway” by Ella O’Keefe [Introduced by Thomas Moody]
The Judith Wright Poetry Prize was established in 2007 by Overland magazine, one of Australia’s more inspired quarterlies and among the nation’s best homes for poetry, as an annual award recognizing new and emerging…
