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Plots and Sisters Part V [by M. J. Fitzgerald]
(This is Part V of a five-part series. Read Part IV here. ) Even if the Will had been written in a moment of particular frustration and anger, and time had passed since 1907…
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Poem: “The Documents” by Terence Winch
In celebration of American Archives Month, the National Archives has partnered with the Academy of American Poets to present original poems inspired by the holdings of the National Archives.
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Plots and Sisters Part IV [by M. J. Fitzgerald]
One more academic year rushed past in the blur of regular demands on time and attention. During it, I made arrangements for a longer stint of 10 days with my father’s papers, and arrangements…
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Ten Miscellaneous Takes on Doubt [by Alan Ziegler]
Take One: Do you sometimes get an inkling to write, only to stop yourself by thinking, Nah, it won’t be any good? The bad news: There is no answer to “Will it be good?”…
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Good Dogs (To Mr. Joseph Stevens) by Charles Baudelaire tr. Joseph T. Shipley
5th Ave & 9th St., October 22, 2014 (photo by Stacey Harwood) Away with the academic muse! I have no business with that old prude. I invoke the familiar muse, the citizen, the boon…
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Plots and Sisters Part III [by M. J. Fitzgerald]
On the first visit to the Beinecke Library, I spent the few days I had in a rush of disorganized search rather than methodical research after I came across the headed paper that showed…
