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lt. pete campanelli, nyfd photo(c)Bill Hayward
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Movies, Music, Shakespeare and Departing by Martin Stannard
My favourite film is Lenny, a movie directed by Luke Bassoon and starring Natalie Portal (right) as Madonna, a teenaged girl who is a hit-man (or hit-girl) and she employs an illiterate guy called…
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Shame on you Poets & Writers Magazine by Stacey Harwood
Once again, Poets and Writers Magazine has published creative writing MFA/Phd program rankings that are based on a poll of would-be applicants to such programs who visit a blog. Clearly P&W doesn't let its…
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ON TRANSLATING FROM THE CHINESE by Martin Stannard
Before you ask the obvious question, here’s the answer: yes, it’s really [insert expletive] difficult. But a while ago, having at that point been living and working in China three years, I sort of…
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Must-see exhibit:- Shadow of the Sun: The Crosbys, The Black Sun Press and the Lost Generation
David and I were in Atlanta, Georgia over Labor Day weekend and while there we stopped by the Woodruff Library at Emory University to take in this stunning exhibit curated by Kevin Young, who…
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Not Exactly E.R. by Martin Stannard
I'm sure you're not interested in my health, but I've been troubled for the past couple of months by the remnants of a cold, remnants that consist of what I took to be a…
