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“Confessions of a Mask” [by David Lehman]
These are the confessions of a mask.I looked in the mirror and saw a ghost.Of all lost causes I miss it the most.These are the questions you must not ask. These are the oaks…
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Elizabeth Bishop’s final exam at Harvard [from Dana Gioia’s new book]
<<<<A university student should have at least one unforgettable teacher during his or her formative years. So it was with poet Dana Gioia, California's poet laureate and the guest editor of The Best American…
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A Conversation with David Shapiro
In October 2018 I had a phone conversation with my friend from Columbia days, David Shapiro. Some highlights from his telephonic table talk: <<<In Ashbery's collages the juxtaposition of images is like the two-person…
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Patricia Carlin Picks a poem by Elaine Equi (““A Woman of the Wrong Altitude”)
For the first week of this new decade [i.e. January 3, 2010), I’ve chosen “A Woman of the Wrong Altitude” by Elaine Equi (Barrow Street, Summer 2007). Among many other pleasures the poem offers, it’s…
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Geoffrey Young: Pick of the Week [ed. Terence Winch]
Geoff Young, Dec 2020. Background– painting (detail) by Morgan Bulkeley, called 'Facing Heroes.' Photo by Lillian Anderson. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ His Apprenticeship Never Occurred to Me While I Was out Surfing I want to thank…
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“Playing the Market” [by Ron Horning]
If you believe you’re young, in love, it’s impossible to look fora job without reading want ads, even if you know most arescreening tools for employment agencies, and even the fewlegitimate ones are for…
