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Hardy Smackdown (by David Yezzi)
There's a provocative article in the current issue of the London-based magazine Standpoint titled "Eliot versus Hardy" by Dan Jacobson, an emeritus professor at University College. In it, Jacobson tells of an interesting reversal…
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Real Critics; Real Men [by Sally Ashton]
A good poet friend, Nils Peterson, recently lent me an out of print gem. Perhaps some remember the book since it was in print in the early 1960’s and likely has hung around in…
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Catullus #53 (translated by Molly Arden)
Listening to the learned Calvuswith many an oratorical flourishcastigate the demagogue Vatinius,a man in the crowd lifted his handsin astonishment and pleasure, and said,"God, that little prick has a big mouth!" — translated by…
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Speaking of Rejection [by Sally Ashton]
Speaking as an editor speaking of rejection I will say this. Rejection involves the Golden Rule: it is better to give than to receive. You didn't really expect me to say the opposite, did…
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Emma Lazarus and “The New Colossus” (by Laura Orem)
"The New Colossus" by Emma Lazarus Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, With conquering limbs astride from land to land; Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand A mighty woman with…
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Speaking of Editors [by Sally Ashton]
But first—woooooooot! Just JUST finished teaching my last class of the semester. That’s the last of it for this meat grinder. Okay, okay. No more sausage. And I do have something more serious to…
