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An Interview with January Gill O’Neil (by Nin Andrews)
I had the honor of reading with January Gill O’Neil at Brookline Booksmith’s in Brookline, Mass. back in March 2010 when her first book had just been published. What a thrill it was! Afterwards…
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Barbara Stanwyck and “Witness to a Murder” [by David Lehman]
Witness to a Murder She saw a murder.She bought all the papers.She pocketed the murdered woman's earrings. She called the police.She smoked a cigarette.She told her story and was not believed.She deduced that the…
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Schiller and Other Poets in Marbach, Germany [by Tami Haaland]
On one of my last days in Germany, I went to Marbach, only a few minutes by train from where I was staying. I had considered it over the previous weeks because it was…
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The Best Thanksgiving Ever [poem by Jennifer L. Knox]
After the meal, Sandy decided we should spice up charadesby slapping the loser’s butt with a ping-pong paddle.Whenever Ed got slapped, he farted because he was so nervous.The ladies won, slapped all the men’s…
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Phantom Signs: A Review of Philip Brady’s New Collection of Essays
Phantom Signs: The Muse in Universe CityPhilip BradyThe University of Tennessee Press, 2019 Philip Brady’s new collection of essays, Phantom Signs: The Muse in Universe City, assays the enthusiasms and hidden architectures of a…
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Paul Berman on Michael Walzer on “Tablet”
from Paul Berman [left] on Tablet in the second of a series of highly provocative and thoughtful essays on the American left and the dangers of anti-Semitism. <<< Michael Walzer has brought out a book…