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Russian music [by Rachel Barenblat]
Today I'm thinking about these lines from John Berryman: "Fall is grievy, brisk. / Tears behind the eyes // almost fall. / Fall comes to us as a prize / to rouse us toward…
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Happy birthday, Herbert Engelhardt (9/30/13) [by David Lehman]
I phoned Herbwhose last namemeans AngelHeart today onhis eighty-ninthbirthday and wished him"many happy returns"at which he balkedthough in general helikes my use of slightlyout-of-date cliches. "You said happy," Herbsaid. "You show mean eighty-nine yearold…
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Tonight at KGB: DJ Dolack + Angelo Nikolopoulos
KGB Monday Night Poetry is pleased to present… DJ Dolack + Angelo Nikolopoulos Monday, Sept. 30, 2013 Hosted by John Deming and Matthew Yeager Series founded in 1997 by Star Black and David…
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The change [by Rachel Barenblat]
Every year I'm surprised by how variable the change is. The other night, when it was still Sukkot, we had a pair of friends over, a couple we've known since college and their son.…
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Jamie MacInnis: Extravagant Talent [Terence Winch]
In February 1977, the alluring and gifted Jamie MacInnis came to Washington DC from New York to read with Doug Lang in one of the earliest of the legendary readings at Folio Books in…
