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  • Archie Ammons’s “Speaking” [by Roger Gilbert]

    June 25, 2023

    For my last post on A. R. Ammons [in June 2008], I thought I’d discuss the textual history of one of his very late poems, “Speaking.”  Our genial host here at The Best American Poetry…

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  • Archie Ammons’s “Speaking” [by Roger Gilbert]

    June 25, 2023

    For my last post on A. R. Ammons [in June 2008], I thought I’d discuss the textual history of one of his very late poems, “Speaking.”  Our genial host here at The Best American Poetry…

    Continue reading…

  • “In the Line of Duty: The FBI Murders” (part three) [by Joe Lehman]

    June 24, 2023

    III. Why did these former soldiers behave as they did? Was it greed pure and simple? As Ed Mireles opines, “Platt and Matix wanted the good life, and in Miami that means a big…

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  • “In the Line of Duty: The FBI Murders” (part three) [by Joe Lehman]

    June 24, 2023

    III. Why did these former soldiers behave as they did? Was it greed pure and simple? As Ed Mireles opines, “Platt and Matix wanted the good life, and in Miami that means a big…

    Continue reading…

  • How many cigarettes?

    June 23, 2023

    and a bottle of wine. . .

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  • How many cigarettes?

    June 23, 2023

    and a bottle of wine. . .

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