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Did Kenneth Koch write Frank O’Hara’s “True Account of Talking to the Sun”? (continued)
For Kent Johnson's response to Tony Towle on the question of whether Kenneth Koch wrote Frank O'Hara's "True Account of Talking to the Sun", click right here Pictured are– left to right — Patsy…
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Newsweek Sells
A sobering moment for me — and such friends as John Ashbery, Mark Stevens, Annalyn Swan, David Gates, all of whom wrote for Newsweek — was the news that a nonagenarian stereo-equipment magnate has…
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“Questions for You” [by David Shapiro]
Questions for You What was there to do? And so I — I forget. I what? Stole the bluejay? I loved you without a future, without an image, without reference What do you represent,…
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“They never ‘ad it so good again” [by David Shapiro]
There are two ways of loving on the earth,eating swan during the May Ball without compunction or shameand those who would like to avoid even looking at the mightand sometimes irritated godand what are…
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What I Did On My Summer Vacation (by Laura Orem)
You may have noticed that I have been largely absent from BAP for several months. I thought an explanation was in order. On May 28, during surgery for an ovarian torsion, I was diagnosed…
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Finance for Poets
"As a struggling poet, in my late 20, I teach as an adjunct plus I do some office work. My rent and overhead are low. I am single, come from a family of modest means,…
