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“Permanently” [by Kenneth Koch, born today]
Permanently, by Kenneth Koch One day the Nouns were clustered in the street.An Adjective walked by, with her dark beauty.The Nouns were struck, moved, changed.The next day a Verb drove up, and created the…
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Roger Reeves: Pick of the Week [ed. Terence Winch]
________________________________________________________ Cyclops and Balthazar I was not a very good dog in my former life. I…
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Roger Reeves: Pick of the Week [ed. Terence Winch]
________________________________________________________ Cyclops and Balthazar I was not a very good dog in my former life. I…
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“The Wild Bunch”: Last of the Great Westerns [by David Lehman]
My latest "Talking Pictures" column for The American Scholar (February 23, 2023) is titled "Brilliant Carnage: Sam Peckinpah’s slow-motion bullet ballet" I have seen The Wild Bunch, Sam Peckinpah’s 1969 masterpiece, many times. The film…