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  • “Girl Writing a Letter” [by Wlliam Carpenter]

    May 31, 2021

    A thief drives to the museum in his black van. The nightwatchman says Sorry, closed, you have to come back tomorrow.The thief sticks the point of his knife in the guard's ear.I haven't got…

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  • Naming of Parts [poem by Henry Reed]

    May 31, 2021

    Today we have naming of parts. Yesterday,We had daily cleaning. And tomorrow morning,We shall have what to do after firing. But to-day,Today we have naming of parts. Japonica.Glistens like coral in all of the…

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  • Marilyn Monroe, Poet [by Heidi Seaborn]

    May 31, 2021

    Tomorrow on June 1, Marilyn Monroe would have celebrated her 95th birthday. Even now, nearly sixty years after her death, she remains one of the world’s most iconic figures. We know that she continues…

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  • Heidi Seaborn, Guest Author May 31-June 4

    May 30, 2021

    This week we welcome back Heidi Seaborn as our guest author. Heidi  is the author of [PANK] Poetry Prize winner An Insomniac’s Slumber Party with Marilyn Monroe (2021), the acclaimed Give a Girl Chaos (C&R Press, 2019)…

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  • Eileen Myles: Pick of the Week [ed. Terence Winch]

    May 30, 2021

    Eileen Myles, photo by Shae Detar _______________________________________________________________________ Joan   Today, May 30th, Joan of Arc was burned. She was 19 and when she died a man saw white doves fy from her mouth.  …

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  • Meet the Press: Roof Books & Queenzenglish.mp3

    May 28, 2021

    N.B. The following conversation with Kyoo Lee (also known as Q) and James Sherry centers on Q’s anthology, Queenzenglish.mp3, an amazing book I highly recommend picking up. ~DD Dante Di Stefano: How did this…

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