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“Terence Winch defies to be tagged. . .” [by Anne Harding Woodworth]
From Anne Harding Woodworth's review of Terence Winch's latest book: <<<Terence Winch is not a narrative poet all the time, though The Known Universe contains some lovely stories in verse. Nor might he be pegged…
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The Greatest Senate Majority Leader We Ever Had [by David Lehman]
The greatest senate majority leader we have ever had was Walter Pidgeon in Advise and Consent. who is "as virile as a bull-goat," according to his charming mistress (Gene Tierney), in addition to being…
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Meditations on John Ashbery, 1929-2017 [by Vincent Katz]
Juan Martín del Potro is playing Rafael Nadal in the Semifinal at the U.S. Open, and suddenly I am thinking how John Ashbery could, had he been watching, turn all this — the court,…
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Fairfield Porter’s Portrait of JA (1952)
Fairfield Porter, John Ashbery (Argyle Socks), 1952. IM John Ashbery, July 28, 1927 — September 3, 2017
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Scandal alert: Katha Pollitt on the self-deconstruction of Avital Ronell
In The Nation, Katha Pollitt writes: <<<What are we to make of the bizarre story of Avital Ronell and Nimrod Reitman? She’s a superstar deconstructionist professor at New York University, teaching in the German…
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Save the Date: Thursday, September 20 The Best American Poetry 2018 Launch Reading
The New SchoolThe Auditorium 66 W 12 Street, New York, NY 7 PM Best American Poetry series editor David Lehman and guest editor Dana Gioia headline an all-star cast of poets included in this year's much…
