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“Remember the Typewriter” [by David Lehman]
Remember rotary phones?What did we do back thenif we didn’t have a phoneand had to walk a mileto get to the bus stop?Remember telephone booths?Remember when the question washow many college kids can fit…
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Failing at Love 2.0 (by Nin Andrews)
I love this Sappho poem of pure jealousy. I love the “kindled the flesh along my arms/ and smothered me in its smoke-blind rush.” I’m just realizing that many of my favorite poems…
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Yo, Elaine Equi [by David Lehman]
In her poem "Yo Y Tu,"Elaine Equi pondersthe Spanish tuwhich means you but implies intimacy, is reserved for family and friendsand would be considered gaucheif said to a prospective employer, say,or a higher-up on…
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Elizabeth Bishop to Guest-Edit “The Best American Poetry”
Elizabeth Bishop has agreed to guest-edit an upcoming volume in The Best American Poetry series. "I've wanted to get her to do this since the series began," David Lehman, BAP's general editor, stated in a…
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Whitman and Weed [by David Lehman]
The craze for cannabis stocks is an obvious byproduct of the imminent legalization of marijuana in many of the states that would join Colorado, California, and all of Canada in this regard. I am…
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a poem from The Awl by Josh Bell [posted by Mark Bibbins]
As many readers will be aware, the annual Association of Writers & Writing Programs conference is currently in full swing. We are ever on the lookout for Josh's "free-range / angels slumped out /…
