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Robert Hershon Presents a Poem by Jack Anderson
This poem by Jack Anderson appeared in Hanging Loose 88 and was the title poem of his 2009 collection from HL. GETTING LOST IN A CITY LIKE THIS Getting lost is the first thing…
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Flashback: Simic and Lehman, 1992
Charles Simic, guest editor of The Best American Poetry 1992, with series editor David Lehman in October 1992. The Academy of American Poets hosted a launch reading for the anthology featuring Simic, Lehman, Lynda…
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“Letter to Eve” [by Ruth Homberg]
I wanted to make you aThesaurus. Feed you wordsHe defined, and make synonymsfall from your mouth. and be options. Remember,Queen Anne’s Lace was royaltybut now are weeds. On walksthrough Eden you would grasphandfuls and…
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Happy Birthday, Al Jolson (b. 26 March 1886)
(SPOKEN)Mammy… My little Mammy. The sun shines east– the sun shines west– I know where– the sun shines best! It's on my Mammy I'm talkin' about, nobody else's! (SUNG) My little Mammy, My heartstrings…
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John Koethe at the New School [by Liz Howort]
Proust was in the air Tuesday night (3/ 23/ 10) as the distinguished philosopher and poet John Koethe read from his new collection, Ninety-Fifth Street. The book is defined by “memory poems,” which explore…
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Poetry Hi-Jinx in West Chester PA (by Laura Orem)
Here's a cool way to spend a Wednesday evening: attend a poetry reading by our own Jill Alexander Essbaum! Last night, I drove out to West Chester to hear Jill and poet Ernest Hilbert…
