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The New York School Diaspora (Part Forty-Six): Dorothea Lasky [by Angela Ball]
The Ballet The dancersIn a terribly brightLight blue gauzeRetained the mystery Skating on a lakeBlue and iceAn illusionary timeWhere poetry feels inevitable The terrific clownWho lies inside Every blue dressDoes he see me…
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Steve Reich: The Cave [by Lewis Saul]
REICH, Steve (1936- ) The Cave (1993)The Steve Reich EnsemblePaul Hillier, cond.(1:43:29) The Cave is a multimedia opera in three acts with a libretto by Reich's wife, Beryl Korot. The Cave of…
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Why everything is going to be OK. [by Jennifer Michael Hecht]
Dear Bleaders, I’m supposed to be cleaning! I was given a specific task: straighten up the kid’s bookshelves for Jessie’s birthday party this weekend. But then my husband, who suggested this task, took the…
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Joanna Fuhrman: Pick of the Week [ed. Terence Winch]
_______________________________________________________ The Poetry Reading The mustached cowboy-hatted thrice-divorced old-man poet famous for sleeping with flaxen-haired (or was it flax-seed eating) quote-unquote…
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“Saturday” [by Mark Ford]
After bursting through the allusion-barrier so dramatically, as related on Thursday [Oct. 16, 2008], there has been no stopping me, and I would like to conclude my very enjoyable stint as your guest-blogger with…
