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Salutations (by Malachi Black)
I’d like to begin by extending my sincere thanks both to Stacey and to David for inviting me to serve as a BAP guest blogger. I hardly need to remark on the rarity of…
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One of a Thousand Reasons by Jerry Williams
My mother and I were poised on the fake leather sofa in our living room watching The Exorcist on television when my father sneaked up behind us and yelled "WAAHHHHHH!" as loud as he…
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Eliot’s “Ass-Wednesday” (by Mitch Sisskind)
As we move into Lent, Eliot's "Ass-Wednesday" is a work to which we naturally return. Is it surprising to discover the poet's inscription to Scott Fitzgerald "with the author's homage"? At first thought the…
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Sports Desk: Letter to Tiger [Gabrielle Calvocoressi]
Dear Tiger, Good morning from Los Angeles. All week long I’ve been watching the Olympics and thinking what to write about for my Sports Desk column. Truth be told I’m a little late. I’m…
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Robert Hershon Presents a Poem by Tony Towle
This poem by Tony Towle first appeared in Hanging Loose 82 (Fall, 2002) and also appears in his latest collection, Winter Journey. THE DINNER PARTY Ah, life is a reassuring dream that is vivid…
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Malachi Black, Guest Blogger February 21 – 27
This week we welcome Malachi Black as our guest blogger. Malachi is literary editor of The New York Quarterly and a James A. Michener Fellow at the University of Texas at Austin’s Michener Center…
