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Poetic Perfection: David Lehman’s Three Favorite Poems of 2011
NPR's senior editors asked me to name three of my favorite poems of 2011 and to record some thoughts about them. I chose three poems that share a sense of mystery and the uncanny…
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From the Archives (1/1/11): A Resolution Suggestion (by Moira Egan)
Happy New Year! I’m just sorry that I couldn’t find the scratch-n-sniff version of this image that is intentionally out-of-season for many of us who read this blog. Time passes, seasons change: yep, that’s…
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“Bye Bye Baby” (music Jule Styne, words Leo Robin, vocalists Jane Russell and Marilyn Monroe)
Jane Russell, who died this year, did some great duets with Marilyn Monroe in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)