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Adrian Matejka Named POETRY Magazine’s New Editor
Adrian Matejka has been named editor of POETRY magazine. Born in Nuremberg, Germany, Matejka grew up in Indianapolis, Indiana, and was named Poet Laureate of Indiana for 2018–19 Here's the official announcement: Back in…
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“Gift Means Poison in German” [by David Lehman]
And poisson means fish in French.Therefore, on my first trip to Paris,reading a menu I recalledmy cousin, now a fashionable designer,then a survivor of Dachau, twelve years old,a week after arrival in New York Citywhen Truman…
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“Poems of Robert Frost” [by Mitch Sisskind]
I went to the doctor for my Annual checkup and he said, 'You've got cancer of the nose.' Of course I was very surprised But he added, 'You don't have to 'Do anything…
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” Why I Wrote ‘Old Heart’ ” [by Peter Ferry]
From Nu?Detroit, this write-up of Peter Ferry's novel Old Heart, which has been adapted for the theater and will premiere in Detroit next week. <<<United States forces liberated the southern third of The Netherlands…
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Tales of the Sixties: Homecoming [by Alan Ziegler]
At a dance during my senior year in high school, I hang around the ticket table, where a junior named Gabby is on duty in case there are late arrivals. I have seen her…
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“On Helen Vendler” (“she’s good on subjunctives”) [by David Shapiro]
In the spirited commentary inspired by Katha Pollitt's post, "Complain, Complain: Poems About Writing Poetry" [when we posted it in 2009], David Shapiro wrote, "Since I almost never agree with her, I want to…
