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Famous Last Words (by Laura Orem)
Everyone knows the two versions of Oscar Wilde's last words: either "I'm dying beyond my means" or "Either this wallpaper goes, or I do." Mark Twain recommended that all writers have a pen and…
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Monday @ KGB: The Agriculture Reader–Mark Bibbins & Douglas Crase
Monday, April 26, 2010 KGB Poetry celebrates the release of Agriculture Reader # 4 with readings by contributors Mark Bibbins and Douglas Crase! Mark Bibbins is the author of The Dance of No Hard…
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Monday Morning Video Happiness [rogue post by Jennifer Michael Hecht]
Dear Bleaders, I found such a great sound for a bleading party here on "Jennifer Michael Hecht's The Lion and the Honeycomb" the title of which is itself a gory story of Samsom killing…
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“Shmerl the Narr” (by Mitch Sisskind)
Shmerl the Narr is a much loved stock character from Jewish folklore — a "wise fool." In this comic strip version of a well-known story, Shmerl has "foolishly" gone to the wilderness in order…
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Robert Hershon Presents a Poem by Paul Violi
This poem by Paul Violi appears is his collection Overnight and has been reprinted in a number of places, including The Best American Poetry. Counterman What’ll it be? Roast beef on rye, with tomato…
