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Terremoto in Abruzzo [by Moira Egan]
[from our visit to L'Aquila in October] [Vincenzo Pinto / AFP /Getty Images] Many thanks to the people who've written to ask if we're ok. We are fine here in Rome, and feeling very…
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Paul Violi Poetry Forum Tonight!
Tonight at 6:30 at the New School (in room 510 of 66 West 12 Street) Paul Violi will read his poems and converse with David Lehman. Read Michael Quattrone on Paul Violi here In…
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The Library of Poetry [by Grace Cavalieri]
When I moved to Washington from the west coast in 1966, the only venue for poetry was the Library of Congress. That is where the readings were in a shiny palace that Robert Pinsky…
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Intimacies 2 – Vulnerability [by Stacey Harwood]
Last Saturday night, at photographer/filmmaker Bill Hayward’s Flatiron studio, the performance duo of Billy Blanken and Jordan Marinov explored in twenty-two minutes of dance the inevitable push-pull of lovers as they struggle to overcome…
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“Blondes, Box Scores, and Elizabeth Bishop” [by Allison Contey]
Blondes, Box Scores, and Elizabeth Bishop I. A-Rod, your body rocksas does your batbut not so much, perhaps,your plucked eyebrows or TV teeth, and—is your hair frosted?It's OK because when you're at the plate,you…
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Lehman to Lecture on Auden Tonight
David Lehman will lecture on W. H. Auden's poetry this evening at the New School (66 West 12 Street, Room 510) at 6:30 PM. To prepare, read the Auden selections in The Oxford Book…
