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TEN MISCELLANEOUS TAKES WITH MY FATHER [by Alan Ziegler]
For Matthew Ziegler (1920-2001) Take One: How he teaches me what’s funny My father shows me a comic strip he keeps folded up in his wallet. As I scan the four captionless panels, he…
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Where’s Waldo? The Results Are In
For the American Scholar's second crowd-sourced poem competition, David Lehman invited readers to write a five-line acrostic poem with an epigraph from the intellectual godfather of The American Scholar, Ralph Waldo Emerson, as a starting point.…
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Coldfront Celebrates the Life and Work of Paul Violi
This month, Coldfront, one of our favorite on-line journals, is celebrating the life and work of Paul Violi. Here's a taste of the first post. Click over to Coldfront to read the entire piece…
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David Lehman’s Poem-a-Day: Poem in the Modernist Manner
(Ed note: David Lehman's poem was yesterday's feature over at the Academy of American Poets. Read the full post over at the Academy's website.) Poem in the Modernist Manner David Lehman They…
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Kundiman Celebrates 10 Years [by January Gill O’Neil]
Since our grad school days at NYU, no one has inspired or supported me more than Joseph O. Legaspi. He’s the author of Imago (CavanKerry Press) and two chapbooks: Aviary, Bestiary (Organic Weapon Arts),…
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Tommy Dorsey Endorses Indonesia Stocks [by David Lehman]
According to today's Wall Street Journal, page one (below the fold), veteran bandleader Tommy Dorsey has come out strongly in favor of the Indonesian stock market. His top pick: PT Perusahaan Perkebunan London Sumatra…
