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Met Percent: Week Fifteen [by Alec Bernstein]
Tear Catchers (?)Swan-Neck Glass Bottle, Iran, 19th c., gallery 462; Christie’s South catalog. “It is unclear how bottles of this shape were used, though sometimes they are known as ashkdans and were supposedly for…
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Pal Johnny, Our Greatest Story Writer [by David Lehman]
John O'Hara, author of "How Can I Tell You?" — one of the subtlest stories in the language — among other masterpieces, has one memorable sentence in his Hollywood novel, The Big Laugh (1962).…
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A Hurricane of Persecuted Stars: Clemente Soto Vélez [translated and introduced by Martín Espada]
One hundred and fifteen years ago this month, Clemente Soto Vélez (1905-1993) was born in Lares, Puerto Rico, the site of an 1868 revolt against Spain. The orphan son of landless peasants, Soto Vélez…
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Tim Seibles on Writing in the Trump Era [by Nin Andrews]
NA: In this era of Trump and the Republican stranglehold on truth, I have been having a hard time writing, or even thinking about writing. I feel helpless when I read the news or…
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Happy Birthday Mr. B. “I didn’t train her, she trained me!”
Born January 22, 1904. Choreographer George Balanchine with Mourka. Photo © Martha Swope.
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What’s Your Favorite Stock? [by Isaac Babylon]
From time to time we get a financial market report from one of our friends on the Street. I asked Ike Babylon whether he thinks the market is overpriced at the moment. I also…
