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WEDNESDAYS WITH DENISE: JANUARY 11, 2023
If you are, like me, endlessly fascinated with the sonnet and all it can hold, you’ll want to get yourself a copy of The American Sonnet: An Anthology of Poems and Essays by Dora…
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Charles Simic (1938-2023) [by David Lehman]
The saddest moments in my life as an editor occur when word reaches me that a guest editor in The Best American Poetry series has passed away. Charlie died some five months shy of…
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Non-Narrative Cinema [by Lewis Saul]
Fade to black. Wiggly dissolve. Cut to a super: Ext. 1982. A movie theater marquee advertising E.T. .I'm dating the woman who is now my wife (40 years and counting). As we're leaving the…
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Kenneth Koch: The Poem Writes Itself [by David M. Katz]
from David M. Katz's blog, we lift this tribute to Kenneth Koch: <<<Below I offer to readers of this blog a pre-New Year’s gift in the form of “You Want a Social Life, with…
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Cathy Eisenhower: Pick of the Week [ed. Terence Winch]
______________________________________________________ Things to Do in a Post-Doug Lang DC Be sad. Be very, very sad. Worry about Sandra, Phyllis,…
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Santé, Bonheur! Joy! Imagination! Discernment! Thoughts on some upcoming dance and performance [By Tracy Danison]
Entanglement: Jann Gallois and Rafael Smadja perform Gallois’ “Compact”. Photo©Cie Burnout Happy 2023. Best wishes. For this year, I propose taking it as it comes and, for what’s left, letting the heart decide. This…
