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Beethoven and My Father
My father Joseph Lehman was born today in Furth, Germany, ninety-nine years ago. Ludwig Van Beethoven was born in Bonn on the same date in 1770. When my father had his fatal heart attack…
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Christopher Hitchens RIP [by Jennifer Michael Hecht]
Dear Bleaders,I've told you guys before about how Christopher Hitchens borrowed a mite too liberally from my book Doubt: A History, though he cited a lot he definitely did not give credit when it…
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From the Beautiful to the Perverse: A Talk with Jericho Brown and Dawn Lundy Martin
I hear tell that listening to some folks talk about going to Cave Canem can get as boring as listening to angels talk about heaven. I know. Everybody gets it: “You finally found a…
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On bad reviews . . .
"It's just a review, it's not a gun." Mark Morris, choreographer — sdh
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“And” versus “&” in modern poetry
In the new Poets & Writers, Kevin Nance has a fascinating piece on the ampersand in modern poetry. Click here to read it in its entirety after taking a quick peek here: <<<In the twentieth…