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  • We Are Not a Poet [by Timothy Green]

    April 13, 2015

    The first person who ever called me a poet was my father, and I haven’t spoken to him since. I was about to parenthetically aside that those two facts are unrelated, but as I…

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  • We Are Not a Poet [by Timothy Green]

    April 13, 2015

    The first person who ever called me a poet was my father, and I haven’t spoken to him since. I was about to parenthetically aside that those two facts are unrelated, but as I…

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  • Tonight at KGB: Post-AWP Open Mic Competition

    April 13, 2015

    KGB Monday Night Poetry is pleased to present… Post AWP Open-Mic Competition Monday, April 14, 2015 Hosted by John Deming and Matthew Yeager Series founded in 1997 by David Lehman and Star Black Doors open…

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  • Timothy Green, Guest Author April 13-17

    April 12, 2015

    This week we welcome Timothy Green as our guest author. Timothy lives in the mountains near Los Angeles and has worked as editor of Rattle since 2005.  His book of poems, American Fractal, is available from Red…

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  • Point Counterpoint: David Lehman and Amy Gerstler Recap Mad Men Season 7 Episode 8

    April 12, 2015

    Dearest A,             OK, let’s get our bearings. The more things stay the same, the more they change – on the surface at least. Peggy Lee sings “Is That All There Is?” while Peggy…

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  • Introducing Scottish poets 11: Jackie Kay [by Robyn Marsack]

    April 12, 2015

    Darling You might forget the exact sound of her voiceor how her face looked when sleeping.You might forget the sound of her quiet weepingcurled into the shape of a half moon, when smaller than…

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