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Franz Kafka will always be 25 years old [by David Lehman]
On Kafka’s Birthday 3 July 1883- 3 June 1924 Franz Kafka was born today. In the black-and-white Prague of his boyhood, the sun shone yellow on the gray pavement. Debates were held in the…
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“Happy Birthday, Jeffrey McDaniel!” [by Anthony Madrid via Facebook]
JEFFREY McDANIEL (7/3) Jeffrey McDanielforty-sixcocker spanielto Christopher RicksConsulting the manualand stackin’ the bricksJeffrey McDaniel’ll handle the mixFinagle the heartand strippin’ the gloveborn at the startof the summer of loveGreasin’ the panieland choppin’ the sticksJeffrey…
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Becoming and Unbecoming Henri Faust Part III (by J. Chester Johnson)
(Ed. note: This is Part II of Chester Johnson's series about Henri Faust. You can read Part I here and Part II here.) The Fugitives Poets in 1956: Allen Tate, left, Merrill Moore, Robert…
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Yet Do I Marvel: A Tribute to Countee Cullen [by Kimberly Reyes]
Left to Right: Alice Quinn (Executive Director, Poetry Society of America), Charif Shanahan (Programs Director, Poetry Society of America), Alicia Hall Moran, Robin Coste Lewis, Major Jackson, Brandon Ross, Rowan Ricardo Phillips and Cristiana…
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Becoming and Unbecoming Henri Faust, Part II [by J. Chester Johnson)
(Ed. note: This is Part II of Chester Johnson's series about Henri Faust. You can read Part I here.) Around the same time, across the Big Muddy, another poet and writer of about…
