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An Invitation for Wednesday Evening: Pen & Brush hosts poets Elaine Equi, Jen Huh, and Crystal Curry-Vassilakis [by Kate Angus]
Wednesday (2/1) at Pen and Brush, 29 East 22nd Street between Broadway and Park Avenue. 7:00 pm. Free Two falls ago, on the second round of drinks at the late lamented Puck Fair,…
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“A cookbook is a political document.” January Market Report [by Stacey Harwood-Lehman]
A cookbook is a historical and political document. Think about it. Pick up any cookbook and you will learn as much about the economic forces of its time as you would from any history…
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Nancy Mitchell, Poet and Painter (by Nin Andrews)
Today, I am continuing my discussion of poets who paint (or painters who write poetry) by interviewing Nancy Mitchell. I first encountered Nancy in her capacity as an Associate Editor of Plume, one of my all-time…
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“Why not? Why do I have to be such a chicken?” Ron Padgett on writing poems for Jim Jarmusch’s “Paterson”
And speaking of Jim Jarmusch's films, I watched "Dead Man" several times when doing research for an essay on poetry in film. After a while, it struck me that, while there many overt references…
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Claire Bateman, Poet and Painter (by Nin Andrews)
Lately I have been struggling with words. I think it has something to do with the politics of the time. I sit down to work, and my mind buzzes with white noise. I don’t…
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Listen up! Really! “This Day Too: Music From Irish America” by Terence Winch et. al.
We're thrilled to announce that Terence Winch's most recent album, This Day Too: Music From Irish America is now available for download from the Free Dirt site, Spotify, iTunes, and Amazon. You will find in…
