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Stilettos and Vipers’ Tongues – Some Thoughts on Dorothy Parker (by Laura Orem)
"The Flaw in Paganism" by Dorothy Parker Drink and dance and laugh and lie,Love, the reeling midnight through,For tomorrow we shall die!(But, alas, we never do.) Over the weekend, I caught…
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Getting to Know: Barbara Louise Ungar (by Daniel Nester)
In which we ask the same questions Teen magazine asked then-soon-to-be-pregnant teen idol Jamie Lynn Spears; see original interview here. photo by Dan Wilcox I, Daniel Nester, work with Barbara Louise Ungar at The…
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“Filmic Abecedarian with Stutter” [by Jason Schneiderman]
Filmic Abecedarian with Stutter Almodovar’s best cuts demonstrateEverything. Forget Griffith’s Hits. How hollow Ingmar, in juxtaposition. Kubrick? Lang? Muck-abouts. Not one peer para Pedro. Pedro’s questing reveals Spain’s terrifying (typifying) universalism. Vanquishes Woody. Xceeds…
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President-elect Obama and the Poetry Contest
We’ve received several questions regarding our inaugural ode contest: How many times can I enter?You may enter twice. Does my ode need to mention President-elect Obama?You may, but you do not have to mention…
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New-ish Literary Journals: A Call for Lists (from Daniel Nester)
Drawing by Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz, author of Words in Your Face: A Guided Tour Through Twenty Years of the New York City Poetry Slam. So I am helping a librarian friend out with an…
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Getting to Know: Taylor Mali (by Daniel Nester)
In which we ask the same questions Teen magazine asked then-soon-to-be-pregnant teen idol Jamie Lynn Spears; see original interview here. Taylor Mali makes his living as a poet. Which makes Taylor Mali one of…
