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WEDNESDAYS WITH DENISE: FEBRUARY 22, 2023
Earlier this year, Knopf released a paperback/expanded edition of David Young’s Field of Light and Shadow: Selected and New Poems. The book is over 300 pages—spanning almost 60 years of writing—and a treasure trove…
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Happy birthday, W H. Auden
Their Lonely Betters As I listened from a beach-chair in the shade To all the noises that my garden made, It seemed to me only proper that words Should be withheld from vegetables and…
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Happy birthday, W H. Auden
Their Lonely Betters As I listened from a beach-chair in the shade To all the noises that my garden made, It seemed to me only proper that words Should be withheld from vegetables and…
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Auden (an Aquarius, born Feb 21) on Psychoanalysis
<<Psychoanalysis, like all pagan scientia, says: "Come, my good man, no wonder you feel guilty. You have a distorting mirror, and that is indeed a very wicked thing to have. But cheer up, For…
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Auden (an Aquarius, born Feb 21) on Psychoanalysis
<<Psychoanalysis, like all pagan scientia, says: "Come, my good man, no wonder you feel guilty. You have a distorting mirror, and that is indeed a very wicked thing to have. But cheer up, For…
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Cheek to Cheek [by Lewis Saul]
This is dedicated to Leah, who requested it. VARIOUS ARTISTS Cheek to Cheek (1934-35) 7 versions Irving Berlin (pictured above) knew as much about music theory as I knew about refrigerator repair. But he…
