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New Trilling Essay Talk of the Town [by David Lehman]
The emergence of a previously unknown and uncharacteristically fiery essay by Lionel Trilling is all the buzz in intellectual circles. Our stringers at far-flung camupuses report the excitement at faculty clubs and academic production…
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Where My Dreaming and My Loving Live: Poetry & the Body: Pat Mora
The Waiting, acrylic on canvas, by Julia Khoroshikh Metamórfosis by Pat Mora Pearls here …
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Notes on the Final Four (Part Two) [by Dean Smith]
Part 2: Touch I’m still replaying Grayson Allen’s last second shot against Kansas that would have sent Duke to the Final Four. Last Sunday's game resembled a heavyweight boxing match from start to finish…
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Happy 30th Birthday Best American Poetry!
On Tuesday, April 3, 2018, at 7 PM, Poet's House will host an all-star cast to honor the thirtieth anniversary of the birth of The Best American Poetry annual anthology. Featuring former guest editors: Mark Doty, ed. BAP 2012 Terrance…
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On Kenneth Koch [by David Shapiro]
What’s Happening (“Write 19 lines under that heading and I’ll post it” – DL to DS) Mostly decathected as they say in analysis: forget forget! I pause don’t dance don’t leap. "I rarely dance."…
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“Notes on the Final Four” [by Dean Smith]
Part 1: The Cavalier Curse The first week of the NCAA basketball tournament is my favorite time of the year. I’ve always been addicted to the possibility of a Cinderella story and this year…
