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  • Scary Stuff: Paul Berman Reports On the Predicament of the Jews in France Today

    November 19, 2018

    <<<. . .in France, a great mass of Jews have lately undergone experiences that are unimaginable in the U.K. Some 50,000 French Jews, or 10 percent of the entire Jewish population, are said to have…

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  • The Best American Poetry 2018 at the Southern California Poetry Festival Sunday, November 18, 6:00 PM

    November 17, 2018

    At Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center *681 Venice Blvd. Venice, CA 90291 November 18,  6:00 p.m. *Free

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  • Fats Waller Live in 1935 [by David Lehman]

    November 16, 2018

    You and I both know why“all my blondes and brunettes”become“all my Harlem coquettes”when Fats Waller sings“Lulu’s Back in Town”after playing it on the pianoin 1935. Think of that: in 1935when everyone was supposedto be…

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  • Poets and Their Places [by Tami Haaland]

    November 16, 2018

    My time in Germany is coming to a close, and for the past week I’ve been conflicted each day about whether to stay in Ludwigsburg or head out on the train to other parts…

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  • James Schuyler’s first poetry reading: November 15, 1988

    November 15, 2018

      When James Schuyler gave his first ever poetry reading, it was at DIA's SoHo headquarters — on Mercer Street, if memory serves — and there was a long line snaking around the block,…

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  • Claire Croizé’s “Evol” positions love of body & improvisation for take off [by Tracy Danison]

    November 15, 2018

      Photo: “Evol” © Herman Sorgeloos “Evol”– an anagram of “love” which also recalls “evolution” – shares the love of the bodies of the dancers and the beauty of their movements … [The Angels]…

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