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  • Hanging Loose Auction [by Thomas Moody]

    December 14, 2023

      Issue #114 of Hanging Loose is out now, and it's chock-full of great stuff, with new poems by Sherman Alexie, Joanna Fuhrman and David Lehman; art by Amy Masters; a supplement of poems…

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  • “With God on their Side” [by Bob Dylan]

    December 14, 2023

    For Schadenfreude it would be hard to beat the story the New York Post broke under the head "Turkish lawmaker has a heart attack after saying Israel ‘will suffer the wrath of Allah.’" The piece…

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  • You choose!

    December 13, 2023

    Tippi!

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  • WEDNESDAYS WITH DENISE: December 13, 2023

    December 13, 2023

    Robert Bly (via Rothenberg, Kelly, and Lorca) popularized deep-image prose poetry that emphasized concentrating on concrete images to arrive at spiritual meaning. Decades later photographer Jody Servon and poet Lorene Delany-Ullman re-energize this concept…

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  • Poetry (God), the Problem: a Few Mystical Reflections on Writing Poetry (by Nin Andrews)

    December 12, 2023

    The other day, Anne, my yoga teacher began class by saying, “When the student is ready, the teacher appears. So says Lao Tzu.”  I couldn’t stop myself from correcting her, “Nope, he never said…

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  • “Stardust,” “But Beautiful” (on Sinatra’s Birthday)

    December 12, 2023

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