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We’re There for You: Leah Umansky to Live Tweet the Academy of American Poets “Poets Forum.”
Once again we're thrilled that Leah Umansky is taking over our twitter feed to bring to you the best of this weekend's Poets Forum (click on link to see the full program). Leah has a…
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Sandy Koufax, 50 years ago this week. . .
” <<< Fifty years ago this week, Bob Bodziner was sitting on the floor of his apartment in the Gravesend neighborhood of Brooklyn, staring at his…
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On Jehanne Dubrow [by Victoria Kelly]
One writer who has been particularly inspirational to me in my career is Jehanne Dubrow. I discovered her third collection, Stateside, midway through my own attempt at writing a book abut being a military…
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Ode to Poking Around [by Catherine Woodard]
“I wish to speak a word for the art of poking around,” begins philosopher and nature writer Kathleen Dean Moore in a fine art book beautifully built around…
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Medium of the Month: Stacey Harwood; Ghost Poet: Ben Jonson
I'm thrilled to be "Medium of the Month" over at The New School's The Inquisitive Eater. Here's my first selection: Stacey Harwood, poet laureate of the New York Greenmarkets and New School faculty member…
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Tales of the Sixties: The Affair on 47th Street [by Alan Ziegler]
1969. I get a temp job on Manhattan’s diamond block, West 47th between 6th and 7th, working in an upstairs room sorting and transporting gems from bins into marked envelopes. It is menial, minimum wage.…
