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“Sex with a Famous Poet” [by Denise Duhamel]
Sex with a Famous Poet I had sex with a famous poet last night and when I rolled over and found myself beside him I shuddered because I was married to someone else,…
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3 Poems from “A Few Comments Regarding the Makers” [by George Bradley]
A FEW COMMENTS REGARDING THE MAKERS Richard Adopted by childless parents, Richard knew nothing of his blood relatives or genetic inheritance, so that his extraordinary mind was an anonymous anomaly bestowed by an agency. …
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The Latest Gossip: True or False
Which of these statements, lifted from a newspaper, is true? The New Yorker has parted ways with its art critic (Jackson Arn) after the Condé Nast-owned magazine received complaints that he behaved dishonorably and…
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Columbia, “the bedlam of 1968” redux [by Franklin Foer]
People are talking about "Columbia University’s Anti-Semitism Problem" by Franklin Foer in The Atlantic: Here are a few excerpts. "If the bullying of Jewish students had happened to any other group, the institution would…
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The Party (a poem from 1992)
The Party Everyone started talking about the drama critic As soon as she left. "Did you see what she Was wearing?" The Presidents of Harvard, Brown, and Duke Were quoted deploring recruitment practices current…
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Three Uplifting Poets: Denise Duhamel, Virginia Konchan, and Peter Krumbach [by Nin Andrews]
I doubt I’m the only one who has been under the weather, under a cloud or a looming feeling of dread and doubt and disbelief. I’ve had a lingering cold for weeks that’s made…
