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Shards of Beauty: dust, stardust, sheep and wolves [By Tracy Danison]
Château de Chambord, along the banks of the river Loire and one of the world's greatest shards of beauty, Photo: © Benh Lieu Song I’m a sucker for gravity waves, time gaps, colliding hadrons, unidentified…
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Name the book our hard working editor is reading when he’s not marking up a manuscript
Hint: the fellow depicted on the cover of the book was born on July 20. From the archive; first posted June 19, 2012. And the editor in the hammock?
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WEDNESDAYS WITH DENISE: July 5, 2023
For today’s post I point readers in the direction of Plume, Danny Lawless’s astonishing literary magazine. A recent issue features three poems by Nicole Cooley, all entitled “Trash” and all dealing with mothers and…
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“Hot Dogs” [by Jim Cummins]
Hot Dogs 1 Noses, lips, intestines, anuses—With relish I bite into the hot dogSlathered in mustard, ketchup,And, well, relish … If every hot dogTakes five minutes off your life,I figure I’ll die a…
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Béla Bartók [by Lewis Saul]
Béla Viktor János Bartók was born in the Banatian town of Nagyszentmiklós in the Kingdom of Hungary (present-day Sânnicolau Mare, Romania) on March 25, 1881. By age four, he was able to play the…
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Summer Camp Quiz [by David Lehman]
1) Bug juice is a) an experiment conducted by the nature counselorb) insect repellent for canoe tripsc) the fruit drink that is served at mealsd) none of the above 2) The song beginning "Great…
