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  • “To Ford Madox Ford, Still in Heaven” [by Mary Maxwell]

    October 1, 2020

    Since, as you’ve said, There is room in this world for infinities of gods, would you mind too much if I made you one of mine? As genius loci, a sort of outsized daimon…

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  • John Ashbery’s “Therefore”

    October 1, 2020

    Consider the weight of the word therefore in "Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror" and here, in "Uptick," from his 2009 book Planisphere: We were sitting there, and   I made a joke about how   it doesn’t dovetail:…

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  • Twice Told (a poem) and Bonjour Precipice (a picture) [by Geoff Young]

    September 30, 2020

    I was there, I’m sure of it, at the San FranciscoArt Institute to hear the Sun Ra Arkestra play in theCourtyard, late 70s, just as I was in New YorkCity, at Slug's Saloon, on…

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  • Every Dog Has His Day, and Today. . .

    September 29, 2020

    Our dog Johnny said “I always liked it when you said ‘You’re an excellent fellow’ Or asked me to keep you company While brewing a pot of coffee Or watching the raging bulls On…

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  • How to Make Love, Write Poetry, & Believe in God (by Nin Andrews)

    September 29, 2020

    A few weeks ago, I was part of a Hamilton-Kirkland College alumnae poetry reading, and after the reading a woman asked a simple question: “How do you write a poem?” I didn’t have an…

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  • Mark Bibbins and Nicole Santalucia at the New School, Sept. 30

    September 29, 2020

          Poetry Forum: Mark Bibbins and Nicole SantaluciaZoom: Wednesday, September 30, 6:00PM (EDT)  Mark Bibbins (MFA in Poetry 1998), a member of the faculty in Creative Writing, is the author of the 2019…

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