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An Interview with Elaine Equi [by Aspen Matis]
Elaine Equi's witty, aphoristic, and innovative work has become nationally and internationally known. Her book, Ripple Effect: New & Selected Poems, was a finalist for the L.A. Times Book Award and shortlisted for the Griffin Poetry Prize. Among her…
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Most popular funeral songs [by David Lehman]
In the age of sabermetrics, they ("they, they who are known as they," as Kenward Elmslie has it), have tallied up the songs (and versions of same) most popular to play in funerals. Click here for…
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On Anne Porter, Poet, 1911-2011 [by Lucette Lagnado, 1956-2019]
A 95-Year-Old Poet Finds Her Muse and Literary Praise 'You Can't Drive Anymore,But You Can Still Write';Homage to Her Late Son By Lucette Lagnado (1956-2019) The Wall Street Journal Nov. 11, 2006 12:01 am ET…
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Amy Gerstler: Pick of the Week [ed. Terence Winch]
______________________________________________________________________ Lost in the Forest I'd given up hope. Hadn't eaten in three days. Resigned to…
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“Estelle” [by Molly Arden]
Mom was somewhere north of the kitchen watching the new girl, Estelle,sashaying in her crisp apron with a dust-mop.The bed posts trembled when her poofpassed over them as if they were living men. Molly…
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Between the Lines [by James Cummins]
after A Moveable Feast We only have Papa’s account of this,That Scott Fitzgerald asked him to weigh inWith ‘absolute honesty’ on the questionThat filled…
