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Aram Saroyan on Bob Dylan and the Subterranenan Homesick Sixties
<<Robert Duncan, one of the key figures of the San Francisco poetry renaissance of the 1950s in which the Beat Generation surfaced, once said that he didn't believe there was any such thing as…
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François Hollande Gets Real [by Alice Kaplan]
François Hollande was calm and presidential on French television yesterday. Speaking of his function rather than his person, he suggested that the President of the Republic must soothe, conciliate, and compromise. In a world…
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Jill Allyn Rosser presents a poem by Laura Read
The Associated Press just reported that so far during the year 2012, more soldiers have committed suicide than have been killed in combat. I can’t think of anything more depressing than that. Reading this…
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Flash: Lauren Ambrose to Play Susan Wheeler on TV [by David Lehman]
Lauren Ambrose of Six Feet Under fame has agreed to play the part of Dr. Susan Wheeler in a two-night miniseries based on Robin Cook's 1977 novel, Coma. Wheeler (pictured at right) is the…
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Sharon Dolin and Alice Kaplan, Guest Bloggers
We're pleased to welcome back Sharon Dolin, who will begin posting later in the week from southwest France where she is artist in residence at Le Moulin a Nef. Sharon is the author of…
