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  • Paul Auster on Stephen Crane (and Creative Writing)

    April 5, 2022

    fromThe Guardian (2 October 2021), an interview with Paul Auster about his new book on Stephen Crane, the novelist and poet. Why did you choose to write about Stephen Crane?I read him early, as…

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  • The New York School Diaspora (Part Twenty-Seven): Major Jackson [by Angela Ball]

    April 5, 2022

    Nothing to See Here, Move Along All through my days, elaborate silken rayscoming through screens carryingits own occult. I am in the habit of questioning lovewhich is a storm of rare lightsilvering spider webs…

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  • “A Booster, I Hope” [by Stanley Moss]

    April 4, 2022

    A Booster, I Hope There’s a teacher of poetrywho teaches her own verseSnakes Breasts and Nothings to a classwho must buy her book at full price       if they want to learn from herhow to…

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  • A Conversation with Poet and Editor, Philip Brady [by Nin Andrews and Amanda Rabaduex]

    April 3, 2022

    Philip Brady is a poet, professor, and editor whom I've had the good fortune to know in all three of these capacities, and he is someone I always learn from, whether by reading his…

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  • Edward Hirsch: Pick of the Week [ed. Terence Winch]

    April 3, 2022

                                          Edward Hirsch. Photo by Julie Dermansky _________________________________________________ A Partial History of My Stupidity    Traffic…

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  • Happy birthday, Doris Day: Big Band Singer Par Excellence

    April 2, 2022

    On April 3, let's celebrate Doris Day, a very great singer.  Dorisb4day is a great screen name becauseof Oscar Levant’s witticism (he knew Doris Day“before she was a virgin”) but mostly becauseof the voice…

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