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The Corona Virus holds a press conference (by Mitch Sisskind)
Virus: Good morning. I'll be glad to take a few questions. Reporter #1: What are you actually trying to accomplish? Virus: Well, there's a moment in The Possessed, the novel by Fyodor M. Dostoevsky,…
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Emerson on the poor and the “wicked dollar” (with a comment from Michael Schiavo)
A powerful and perhaps surprising moment in Emerson's great "Self-Reliance":<<<Then again, do not tell me, as a good man did today, of my obligation to put all poor men in good situations. Are they my poor?…
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Who is the real hero of “Citizen Kane”? (and other pressing questions) [by David Lehman]
1) Who is the real hero of "Citizen Kane"? a) Barry Kaneb) Marshall Will Kanec) Charles Foster Kaned) Xanadue) Captain Queeg Name the three other relevant movie titles implied by the choices. 2) St.…
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Postponement of Rand & Shapiro Collaborations at Bravinlee Gallery
The March 19 reception at Bravinlee Gallery for the show of collaborations between the painter Archie Rand and the poet David Shapiro has been postponed. Which gives us this chance to exhibit one of…
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Three Poets: Elizabeth A. I. Powell, James McCorkle, & Rick Bursky [by Nin Andrews]
Last week I started a series called A Virtual AWP, featuring poets that I would have loved to have met or heard read or lecture, whose books I'd have bought and had signed, had…
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Don’t be a spreader [by Mel and Max Brooks]
A message from me and my dad, @Melbrooks. #coronavirus #DontBeASpreader pic.twitter.com/Hqhc4fFXbe — Max Brooks (@maxbrooksauthor) March 16, 2020
