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“Crowded Hour” [by John Tranter]
A, Tangerine, lipstick 1962, daringHint of flame and wild behaviour,E, lemon, sour surprise and rave, yourSuspicious self out for a welcome airingOn Fifth Avenue, your midday saviourA transparent fellow spirit, the caringCaress of a…
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Meet the Press: Nin Andrews in Conversation with Jared Michael Wahlgren of Gold Wake Press
NA: I only recently heard of Gold Wake Press. Where are you located? How long have you been in operation? And are you the founding editor? JMW: Gold Wake Press is located in the…
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Katherine (“Hava”) Koch’s Memoir of Her Dad and His Circle
<<<John Ashbery wrote a postcard to my mother in Rome, in 1955, when she was about seven months pregnant with me. From the turn of the twentieth century, the card shows a slim-waisted woman…
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Library Memories (by Lawrence J. Epstein)
Public libraries shaped my life. In the sixth grade I went regularly to a library in Queens. Most of my friends who went there were more intrigued by the bakery across the street. The…
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Are Your “Oys” Appropriate? The Many Faces of “Oy” by Mitch Sisskind
"Oy" is one of the greatest words in any language and I've noticed that people of all backgrounds quickly pick it up and start using it. Let's take a look at some situations in…
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Punk At The Met [by Sharon Preiss]
We’ll never get to the bottom of who ripped the first T-shirt and wore it as an anti-fashion statement. Or who first pierced flesh with a safety pin and claimed it as an accessory…
