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“The Plague” [by David Lehman]
The Plague Albert Camus wrote The Plague,which I want to re-read this week(now that the frogs, the lice,and the locusts are upon us)because his hypothesis isthat the bubonic plaguehas broken out in Algeria,in…
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“Street Scene”: The Movies That Use Alfred Newman’s Theme of the City
Listen to it (with Alfred Newman and orchestra, 1946): here https://youtu.be/DqjWf7qgoHg Or here for Nic Raine & the City of Prague Philharmonic (rehearsal) Maybe best of all, the horns and strings on the…
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Squib 396 [by Alan Ziegler]
396: The supply room is empty, and no one knows when the next delivery is due. No one can remember the last shipment or who ordered it, only that we were well-stocked for a long time. We…
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“Fifty-Two Pickup” [by D. N. Redfern]
. "I make a lot of money," he said, to no one in particular, which was a lie. He'd gambled it away at blackjack in Vegas, where the dark bar had as many ugly…
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Naming of Parts [by Henry Reed]
Today we have naming of parts. Yesterday,We had daily cleaning. And tomorrow morning,We shall have what to do after firing. But today,Today we have naming of parts. JaponicaGlistens like coral in all of the…
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Squib 395 [by Alan Ziegler]
395. The voice on the radio is hysterical. We turn it louder until we can’t make out the words, drowning out the phones and sirens. We shut the windows and harmonize in a hymn. Your hands…
