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It’s Roy Eldridge Day [by Sean Singer]
Thelonious Monk, Howard McGhee, Roy Eldridge, and Teddy Hill, Minton's Playhouse, New York, N.Y., c. Sept. 1947 January 30th is Roy Eldridge Day. Eldridge was a major innovator in jazz trumpet, and his concept…
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Two Poems [by Mitch Sisskind]
Schmegeges Schmegeges everywhere. Look over yonderWhere schmegeges march down the street,See how the schmegeges cavort themselvesDay and night, how new schmegege variationsAppear, marching, marching, tailgating me,Telephoning me, telling me what they think,Singing schmegege roundelays,…
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As January Bites the Dust of Snow [Lehman & Shapiro haiku exchange, 2003]
An Old Dispute; I agree (and disagree)Date: 1/27/2003 8:25:35 PM Eastern Standard Time Well, David Lehman,it's an old dispute betweenLi Po — Tu Fu– Scene: O Tu Fu says Liyou're suffering poetry–My kind just…
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Silent Music [by Lera Auerbach]
Leitmotifs Photo by Lera Auerbach At the Marlboro Music Festival, returning home at night – my door was covered by moths. I opened the door quickly as not to let them in,…
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An Interview with Terence Winch [by Aspen Matis]
January 21, 2021 You are the author of eight poetry collections, a short story collection, and a collection of non-fiction stories, and your first novel, Seeing-Eye Boy, was published in October of 2020. What inspired…
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Judith Hall Presents a Poem by Terrance Hayes
A Small Novel The protagonist spends the first twenty pagescrossing a bridge wearing nothing but redswimming trunks and sneakers with no socks. I can remember standing nakedoutside my neighbor’s window at fourteenwhen I read…
