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Wednesdays with Denise [by Denise Duhamel]
WEDNESDAYS WITH DENISEOctober 5, 2022 Sharon Olds’ latest book BALLADZ was published yesterday. It is a tour de force of mature, startling, haunting poems that reach over time from the speaker’s childhood to the…
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The New York School Diaspora (Part Thirty-Six): Clarence Major [by Angela Ball]
Photograph of a Gathering of People Waving …
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Grace Cavalieri’s Milestone Birthday [Terence Winch]
Happy 90th birthday to the extraordinary & indefatigable Grace Cavalieri, an inspiration to all who know her. Poet, playwright, painter, and long-time host of “The Poet and the Poem” interview program from the Library…
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Jack Skelley: Pick of the Week [ed. Terence Winch]
Jack Skelley, photo by Gary Leonard ______________________________________________________ Green Goddess Who made the salad Whose tangy vinegar…
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Quote of the Day: Vladimir Samoylovich Horowitz (1903-1989)
Born on this day, 1903, in Kyiv, Ukraine. “Always there should be a little mistake here and there – I am for it. The people who don't do mistakes are cold like ice. It…
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BAP 2009: The Gala Launch [by Liz Howort]
The Best American Poetry 2009 gala launch reading on Thursday, September 24 [2009] featured prize-winning poets (such as John Ashbery, Billy Collins, Mark Doty, and Richard Howard), but it will also be remembered for…
