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  • Kenneth Koch Centennial: Saturday, May 17, 2025

    May 16, 2025

    TOMORROW: Saturday, May 17, 2025 Kenneth Koch Centennial:A Gathering May 17th, 10am ET—FREE The Flow Chart Space 348 Warren Street Hudson, NY 12534 REGISTER The Flow Chart Foundation is honored to present a daylong Gathering celebrating the legacy…

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  • A Poem and an Essay by Debra Nystrom [by Nin Andrews]

    May 16, 2025

      Last week I came across this essay by Debra Nystrom in Agni about her her childhood,  her brother's meth addiction, about unbearable pain,  rural life, sexual abuse, family expectations, and so much more.…

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  • Woman invisibility #2 : Contemplating Gabriele Münter’s “Intérieur” (no speculum necessary)… [By Tracy Danison]

    May 16, 2025

    “Petit-déjeuner des oiseaux” (10 mars 1934), Gabriele Münter. Photo© Adagp, Paris, 2025 As I said in my previous essay, the thing about Gabriele Münter’s pictures is they reach out and grab my eye. I…

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  •  The Dayenu Cohort with Yehoshua November

    May 15, 2025

    . . .this year Yetzirah has a new offering for you. After successfully trying our first offsite workshop at the conference last year, 2025 will mark the official introduction of our inaugural Dayenu Cohort,…

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  • “Doubting the Doubts” [in honor of Jasper Johns; by David Shapiro]

    May 15, 2025

    David Shapiro wishes Jasper Johns a happy birthday (May 15)! Doubting the Doubts A map dropped from my handsAnd a voice cried, From now onYou will proceed in darkness.Alas, he laughed, that is true.…

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  • The Night Sinatra Died [by David Lehman]

    May 14, 2025

    Sinatra, snapping out of a haze, noticed me sitting across from him “Who the fuck are you?” Just another fan, I said, on the day he died I made anagrams out of his name…

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