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  • Poetry on Vinyl: Some Haystacks Don’t Even Have Any Needle [by Daniel Nester]

    July 20, 2021

    "You know what they say about actors performing poetry?” my old professor, Philip Levine, once asked our class. “They make bad poems sound good, they make good poems sound good, and they make great…

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  • Fiona Hile [by Thomas Moody]

    July 20, 2021

    Fiona Hile is an award winning Australian poet whose poems move fast through unexpected turns of language and imagery. Take this line from "Snakebite with Anecdote": "In the corridor we listen to the sounds…

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  • The New York School Diaspora (Part Ten): Star Black [by Angela Ball]

    July 20, 2021

    Feather-Flown There was a laughing photograph that laughedat the photographer who laughed back until the creasesof the laugh twinned and became perfectly aligned.Then, glassine slipped between them, absorbing both, and became an alamode mistof…

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  • Mycology [by Stacey Harwood-Lehman]

    July 19, 2021

      photos 2021 (c) Jessica Kerns This summer we have had so much rain here in the Finger Lakes that mushrooms, both edible and toxic, are popping up everywhere and the hunters are out.…

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  • Poetry on Vinyl: Michèlle T. Clinton and Wanda Coleman, Black/Angeles [by Daniel Nester]

    July 19, 2021

    Record-listening and writing go hand in hand for me. It’s the throughline of my life. Heaven, if it exists, will consist of a room with a stereo, where for eternity I will put favorite…

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  • Our Rules — for Posts and Comments

    July 19, 2021

      1 Be kind and courteous We aim to create a welcoming environment. Let's treat everyone with respect. Healthy debates are natural, but kindness is required.   2 No hate speech or bullying Make…

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