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“Texting” [by David Lehman]
Does the triumph of the text messageover the phone call or voice mailimply that they were wrong all along,those analysts of the textwho said that the spoken wordis invariably “valorized”to the detriment of the…
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Traveling and Returning [by Tami Haaland]
Long ago, during the summer when I graduated from high school and turned eighteen, I went to Europe with the Montana Youth Choir. It was the usual month-long, fast-paced trip through eight or nine…
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Meet the Press: Shrew & Cat in the Sun Press
Dante Di Stefano: In his introduction to The Best American Poetry 1988 John Ashbery wrote: “there is not much ‘political’ poetry that I like for the reason that the political sentiments reiterated in it…
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“The Day Was a Bargain” [by Ron Horning]
No matter how happy or comfortable I think I am in room 111,reading Flowers by the window, Playback stretched out in bed,or seated at the desk, near the ashtray on which a Lucky burns,typing notes from the steno…
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Next Line, Please: Hazards, Brawls, and the Value of Bad Titles, Tee Up! [by Virginia Valenzuela]
Last week on Next Line, Please we saw risks, perils, bad titles, and numbers on parade. Christine Rhein's “Occupational Hazards,” moves from one to 12 and back in the course of a work day: One coffee…
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Tommy Dorsey and Frank Sinatra Collaborate on “How About You” [on TD’s Birthday]
I like potato chips, moonlight, and motor trips. . .on TD's birthday ( November 27).
