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Born in the Belly of the Belmont Hotel [by Mitch Sisskind]
1Born in the belly of the Belmont Hotel Near the end of the war. At the Belden-Stratford,I received my education. The Park…
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“Christopher Brennan” by John Tranter [Introduced by Thomas Moody]
To honor the late John Tranter, one of Australia’s finest ever poets, I thought I would share some of my favorite poems of his over the coming weeks. “Christopher Brennan'' encapsulates much of what…
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Wallace Stevens and the Iambic Line
from "Sunday Morning": <<<Death is the mother of beauty; hence from her, Alone, shall come fulfilment to our dreams And our desires. Although she strews the leaves Of sure obliteration on our paths, The…
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WEDNESDAYS WITH DENISE: May 3, 2023
This spring both James Allen Hall and Aaron Smith published new poetry books. James Allen Hall’s Romantic Comedy (Four Way Books, chosen by Diane Seuss for the Levis Prize) is an ingenious look at…
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June Events 2023 dance performance festival features variety, environment and sense experience [By Tracy Danison]
“Peeling Back”, solo performance by Nina Santes. Photo © Roberto Martinez DURING A BREAK BETWEEN COVID LOCKDOWNS, I went to a performance at one of the big theaters. About 30 minutes into it, people started…
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“The End” [by David Lehman]
from Harvard Review The End by David Lehman The day Graham Greene diedI didn’t know he had diedbut months before I’d writtena poem and called it “The Endof the Affair” stealing his titleand on…
