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  • An Introduction to John Tranter (Part 2) [by Thomas Moody]

    September 1, 2021

    This week I'd like to share three shorter poems by John Tranter. "The Moment of Waking" and "The Plane" are both from Tranter's 1970 debut collection Parallax, while "Balance" is from his sophomore outing Red Movie…

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  • W. H. Auden’s “September 1, 1939”

    September 1, 2021

      Here it is again: September 1, 1939, eighty-two years later. Can you picture Auden at The Dizzy Club, that "dive" on Fifty-Second Street, (aka Swing Street) on that terrible day when the Germans invaded…

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  • W. H. Auden’s “September 1, 1939”

    September 1, 2021

      Here it is again: September 1, 1939, eighty-two years later. Can you picture Auden at The Dizzy Club, that "dive" on Fifty-Second Street, (aka Swing Street) on that terrible day when the Germans invaded…

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  • From “A Parliament of Flesh: Reclaiming the Body through Erotic Expression” [by Andrea Applebee]

    August 31, 2021

    For Tupelo Quarterly, Andrea Applebee interviewed Bea, the Turkish born American artist, whose work can be viewed here. She says, "I use erotic themes—nudity, the female gaze, the female body, landscapes of desire—but I…

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  • From “A Parliament of Flesh: Reclaiming the Body through Erotic Expression” [by Andrea Applebee]

    August 31, 2021

    For Tupelo Quarterly, Andrea Applebee interviewed Bea, the Turkish born American artist, whose work can be viewed here. She says, "I use erotic themes—nudity, the female gaze, the female body, landscapes of desire—but I…

    Continue reading…

  • The New York School Diaspora (Part Thirteen): James Cummins [by Angela Ball]

    August 31, 2021

    Ode to Sycamores Not helplessness;But a sort of timelessness,The understandingThat will can only take you so far.You leave behind lustThat caused you to deceive each otherWith whispers of mutualityWhen need was only singular;Now the…

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