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“Meltwater Pulse” and Other Possible Futures: The Extinction Art of Sofía Córdova [by Katie Peyton]
I’ve been looking at a lot of art about death lately. It isn’t hard to find. A close friend is drawn to art about despair: dystopia, satirical monuments, a pointing-out of destruction and consequences.…
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The Poetry of Rock’n’Roll [by Vincent Katz]
Aaron Johnson as John Lennon in Nowhere Boy (2009) “I was writing poetry and singing since she [his aunt Mimi, with whom he lived] had me. All the time I used to fight and…
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“Mistakes” [by Angelo Verga]
I never should have sat next toThat Canadian blondeDuring the blizzard of ‘77Marooned at The CloistersAfter sledding through Fort Tryon Park You asked me in 1995And I answered then as now:You should have goneTo…
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Poetry You Can Dance To [by Vincent Katz]
I’ve been thinking, looking out at the bright snow that fell all day yesterday, knowing that the temperatures will be in the teens for the next three days, how music is always such an…
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It’s Roy Eldridge Day! [by Sean Singer]
Thelonious Monk, Howard McGhee, Roy Eldridge, and Teddy Hill, Minton's Playhouse, New York, N.Y., c. Sept. 1947 January 30th is Roy Eldridge Day. Eldridge was a major innovator in jazz trumpet, and his concept…
