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Maugham on writing, reading, friendship, and the inevitable selfishness of humanity
“There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.” “It is an illusion that youth is happy, an illusion of those who have lost it; but the young…
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Ben Jonson: Two Poems — Great Poems of the World, episode 17 — with David Lehman and Mitch Sisskind
My Picture Left in Scotland I now think love is rather deaf, than blind, For else it could not be, That she, Whom I adore so much, should so slight me, …
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The Byronic Fallacy [by Charles Ives]
The Byronic Fallacy It is possible that a day in a Kansas wheat fieldwill do more for Mr.Smith than three years in Rome.Many men, some of whom possess genius, have gonedownhill since trying to…
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“In Which” by Denise Duhamel [by Nin Andrews]
I hate Christmas. Every December, the seasonal blues hit as soon as Thanksgiving ends. I wish I could fall asleep on the last weekend in November and wake up on January 2. A friend…
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“Dub”: Amala Dianor’s sparkling and energetic hip hop fusion ballet consecrated in Paris [By Tracy Danison]
“Dub” by Amala-Dianor, Palais-des-Festivals, Cannes. Photo © Pierre Gondard Amala Dianor’s sparkling and energetic hip hop fusion ballet, Dub, is a performance not to be missed – get a taste by clicking on the…
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Judy Garland’s spoken tribute at the Jerome Kern memorial of December 19, 1945
And now Judy Garland's spoken tribute from the Jerome Kern memorial of December 19, 1945
