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“The Opposites Game” [poem by Brendan Constantine, video by Mike Gioia]
Brendan Constantine is an LA poet whose most recent book "Dementia, My Darling" was published by Red Hen Press. You can visit his website here. The poem was selected by Dana Gioia for the Best…
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The New School After Hours at KGB Bar
The New School After Hours on April 20th, 2018 Come one, come all, to the hippest literary scene in the East Village!Hosted by Virginia Valenzuela and Co-host Sam Roos Every third Friday of the…
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Requiem for a Bowling Center [by Greg Pattenaude]
On Saturday, I spent the morning saying goodbye to an Albany institution: the Playdium bowling center in the city's Pine Hills neighborhood. The Playdium has been there since 1940 but the valuable land on…
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Next Line, Please: We Need a New Word [by Virginia Valenzuela]
Last week on Next Line, Please, David Lehman proposed a list poem that included three out of the following four words: “listless,” “invent,” “Tory,” and “catalogue.” The contributors to the column went above and beyond,…
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Terence Winch’s “Known Universe” isn’t caviar to the general [by David Lehman]
Terence Patrick Winch's new book is The Known Universe and it is now Michael Lally's new favorite book. The Known Universe should become better known because it is universally appealing. Among my favorites is…
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Ex-Basketball Playter [by John Updike]
Pearl Avenue runs past the high-school lot,Bends with the trolley tracks, and stops, cut offBefore it has a chance to go two blocks,At Colonel McComsky Plaza. Berth’s GarageIs on the corner facing west,…
