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IM Vin Scully (1927-2022) Laureate of Play-by-Play Poetry [by David Lehman]
When Kirk Gibson hit perhaps the most unlikely home run in baseball history – when, hobbled with injuries, he pinch-hit with two out and a man on first base, and the Dodgers were one…
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Auden’s Predictions in “For the Time Being”
<<< Reason will be replaced by Revelation. Instead of Rational Law, objective truths perceptible to any who will undergo the necessary intellectual discipline, and the same for all, Knowledge will degenerate into a riot…
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Poet Spotlight: Shane McCrae [by Kristina Marie Darling]
I'm thrilled to introduce this new poem by celebrated writer Shane McCrae. As a longtime admirer of McCrae's work, I never cease to be amazed by his ability to bear the distinctive lineation of…
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“The Dreyfus Affair” [by David Lehman]
Louis Begley writes well and is a good guide to one of modern history's great tragic causes celebres, the court-martial of French artillery Captain Alfred Dreyfus [left] on trumped-up charges of treason in 1894. The…
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“Intellect, anxiety, philosophy, history, art”: Rachel Abramowitz and Tina Cane in Conversation [by Kristina Marie Darling]
It is a pleasure to introduce this conversation by two outstanding and generous literary citizens: Tina Cane and Rachel Abramowitz. In both writers' bodies of work, we see a poetics powered by community, enriched…
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Complain, Complain: Poems about writing poetry [by Katha Pollitt]
Complain, Complain: Poems about Writing Poetry by Katha Pollitt (pictured below left, reading at KGB Bar) Have you ever noticed how many modern poems there are in which the poet complains…
