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Hitchcock Quiz # 6 – 9 [by David Lehman]
(6) Which of the following is not an authentic Hitchcock moment? — Grace Kelly cozies up with Harper's Bazaar while her beau, nursing a broken leg, takes a nap— Raymond Burr signs a contract…
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We miss you, Mark (Strand, 11 April, 1934 – 29 November, 2014) [by Moira Egan]
Strand in L'Aquila (wonderful, hospitable place; tragically affected by the earthquake), upon his having won the Laudomia Bonanni Prize in poetry, 2008. "Solemn truths! Lucid inescapable foolishness! None of that for me! To be the salt…
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David Lehman’s Essential Sinatra Playlist
So many people ask David to name his essential Sinatra playlist, more so now with the buzz around his just published Sinatra’s Century. Here is his lucky 21: 1) All or Nothing at All…
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An Evening with Elizabeth Samet Tuesday, December 1, 2015 at 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm
Klein Conference Room, Alvin Johnson/J.M. Kaplan Hall Room 510, 66 West 12th Street, New York, NY 10011 Elizabeth Samet is the author of NO MAN'S LAND: PREPARING FOR WAR AND PEACE IN POST 9/11-AMERICA (Picador)…
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Tales of the Eighties: Kaypro, JUKI, WordStar, and Microjustification [by Alan Ziegler]
My first computer, in the early 1980s, is a Kaypro (C/PM operating system) bundled with WordStar (“the most popular word processor ever invented”) and a JUKI daisywheel printer. I select the Kaypro because…
