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At the Ritz: Plath, Sexton & Monroe [by Heidi Seaborn]
1958: Eisenhower’s in the White House, Explorer 1 satellite launched, The US. Supreme Court rules for school integration, Elvis joins the Army, the Yankees win the World Series, the microchip is invented, Truman Capote’s…
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I like New York in June (how about you?) [music Burton Lane, lyrics Ralph Freed]
When a girl meets boy,Life can be a joy,But the note they end on,Will depend on little pleasures they will share,So let us compare. I like New York in June, how about you?I…
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Poets Love Marilyn Monroe [by Heidi Seaborn]
Marilyn Monroe not only loved poetry and poets, poets have reciprocated in writing Marilyn into poetry. While I may be the first to write an entire collection centered…
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Marilyn Monroe as Chanteuse [by David Lehman]
We don't think of her as a singer, but Marilyn Monroe (whose birthday it is) sang — and sang well. Unlike Rita Hayworth and Kim Novak in Pal Joey, Deborah Kerr in The King and I, Natalie…
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Marilyn Monroe’s Love of Poetry: Happy Birthday Marilyn! [by Heidi Seaborn]
“I love poetry and poets” ~Marilyn Monroe, 1962 So declared Marilyn Monroe on a list of notes she…
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The New York School Diaspora Part Three: Allison Campbell [by Angela Ball]
STENDHAL SYNDROME Ever wanted to make love to a work of art— die in the obscene smear of paint or a written passage where the protagonist stands on a Sears Tower diving boardbut then…
