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Buttercup, Hammer, Change is Here [by Lisa Vihos]
Greetings, all. I am happy to be here as your guest blogger starting today and for the coming week. Yesterday was a big day; one I had been planning since April. September 24th was…
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Lisa Vihos, Guest Blogger September 25-October 1
This week we welcome back Lisa Vihos as our guest blogger. Lisa is the director of alumni relations at Lakeland College in Plymouth, Wisconsin, where she is also pursuing a Masters of Counseling degree.…
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Vital Signs (by Damon McLaughlin)
For my last trick this week, I’m going to write about some ideas I had when at Toad Hall. I think we were talking about Flarf and Language poetry when one of us—or maybe…
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BAP 2011 Launch at the New School September 22, 2011 [by David Lehman]
This brief report on last night's successful launch reading of The Best American Poetry 2011 will be followed in days ahead with some photographic magic from Start Black. It was the eighth straight year…
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Bukowski [by David Lehman]
Many artists and writers gather their strength by opposing the established order, but sooner or later the successful ones are assimilated into the culture (Allen Ginsberg, the Beats, Black Mountain, San Francisco). Usually it…
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Runnin’ Down a Dream (by Damon McLaughlin)
The Chicago Marathon is just around the corner on October 9. My brother and his wife will be running it. I think they’re crazy. But, because my plans to hear Charles Alexander of Chax…
