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Billy Collins Scores Big Time in London
OK everybody, before going to brunch, ask yourself this one question:Who wrote the world's biggest big-ass poem?Hint: the title of the poem is "Breakast" Hint: this poster is located near a construction site in…
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Roger Kahn, Author of “The Boys of Summer” (1927-2020)
When there are so many to mourn — in one week Kirk Douglas, George Steiner, Alice Mayhew —the death of Roger Kahn is what I am thinking ofas I nurse my martini at the Knickerbockerand…
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The Perfect Valentine’s Day Gift: A Constellation of Kisses, Edited by Diane Lockward [by Nine Andrews]
It’s February, and Valentine’s Day is just around the corner. I know the perfect gift for someone you love, especially someone you love to kiss: A Constellation of Kisses, edited by Diane Lockward and published…
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A Cast-Iron Aeroplane That Can Actually Fly: a Continuation of an Interview with Peter Johnson [by Nin Andrews]
How did this anthology come about? I’m very proud of A Cast-iron Aeroplane That Can Actually Fly: Commentaries from 80 Contemporary American Poets on Their Prose Poetry. There are many excellent anthologies…
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An Interview with Prose Poet Peter Johnson [by Nin Andrews]
When I think of prose poets from this country, the two names that come to mind are Russell Edson and Peter Johnson. Neither you nor Edson ever write (or wrote) in verse, and both…
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On “The Bigamist” by Ida Lupino on her birthday [by David Lehman]
I saw The Bigamist, maybe the best movie Ida Lupino directed, thoughThe Hitchhiker gives it a run for the money. Edmund O’Brien hasone wife in San Francisco(Joan Fontaine, who wants a baby),and another wife in…
