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The House Guest [by Molly Arden]
House Guest The sad seamstress who stays with us this month is small and thin and bitter. No one can cheer her up. Give her a dress, a drink, roast chicken, or fried fish…
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Wonders never cease: François de Brauer’s “La Loi des prodiges”, a performed graphic novel [by Tracy Danison]
François de Brauer, La Loi des prodiges (ou la Réforme Goutard) © Victor Tonelli I heard on the radio that a bartender in New York has proposed clarity & truth as 2020’s watchword. Sounds…
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Emily Dickinson’s Atom Bomb Letters [by Jennifer Michael Hecht]
Dearest Darlingest Bleaders, How I have missed you. And what obstacles I have had to defeat in order to at last rearrive here, panting, on the grass. Well, but, I’ve had mental adventures of…
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Squibs 365-372 [by Alan Ziegler]
365: Late 1950s, Lassie barks for help through the darkness. The T.V. picture has gone kaput. My father says “I’ll teach you to fix it” and removes the back to reveal a landscape of…
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“The bad guy isn’t supposed to win”: The Late Nick Tosches’ Take on Sonny Liston [by David Lehman]
Legend has it that Sinatra was prepared to bet a bundle on Sonny Liston in the ballyhooed bout against Cassius Clay in Miami. "Save your money, Frank," he was told. The fix was in.…
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Pelosi Quotes Longfellow [by Mitch Sisskind]
Yesterday, introducing the impeachment managers,Nancy Pelosi invoked Longfellow. It was the first time I've heard poetry spoken by a politician since Bill Clinton in the 1980's quoted Emerson'sbaleful line about the future, "When our sons have…
