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Introducing . . . . Kevin Young at the 92nd Street Y March 26, 2012
Ed note: Kevin Young gave wonderful reading on Monday at the 92nd Street Y here in NYC. He read new poems plus selections from his books, which you can buy here. Here's David Lehman's…
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Renewed and Improved: Poetry in Motion Returns to NYC Subways [by Catherine Woodard]
Poetry rides the rails again in New York City. After a four-year hiatus, Poetry in Motion is back in NYC subways, reinstated by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) in collaboration with the Poetry Society…
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Fred and Adele, Fred and Ed (by Steven Rea)
Just started reading The Astaires: Fred & Adele, Kathleen Riley’s biographical portrait of the sibling song-and-dance duo whose stage performances — in the years between the wars, before Fred took his top hat and…
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Midwestern Conferences (Jim Cummins)
I was watching Charlie Rose one night years ago when Bill Styron called in and said he didn't "get" David Letterman. Styron said, "Yes, he's mildly ironic, but …" Letterman is from Indianapolis, which…
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POMPEII by John Brehm
Standing on the subway, exhausted, dispirited, glancing over the exhausted, dispirited faces of my fellow passengers, I read posters for a new movie about Pompeii. “How can you breathe when the air is on…
