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“Who Said It?” [quotes of the week: no. 1, January 20, 2025]
A novel's true suspense is felt not by the reader but by the author, who is intensely curious about what will happen to the hero. Europe is the negative that American developed into the…
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Shelley Wong: Pick of the Week [ed. Terence Winch]
______________________________________________________ When We Were Young I was a month older. We both had Chinese last names. She was also Khmer, Thai & Vietnamese: a mix of enemies. Thailand always…
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Next Line, Please: 2 new prompts on “The American Scholar”
Above the River of Your Longing Two new prompts By David Lehman | January 16, 2025 Kudos, all! Our last “Next Line, Please” elicited 88 comments. The most popular of the three prompts I offered in that…
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“Here We Go Again” by LA Poet, Rick Bursky [by Nin Andrews]
I keep thinking about the LA fires. Today is the first day I woke up and didn't see the fires at the top of my newsfeed. I hope that's a good sign. I've been…
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‘Hiccoughs’ and ‘Angelica’: Two newly discovered poems by Virginia Woolf [in the TLS]
In the current issue of the TLS (London's Times Literary Supplement), thewre is news tat will delight fans of Vuirginia Woolf: ‘Hiccoughs’ and ‘Angelica’ ‘Hiccoughs’ and ‘Angelica’: Two newly discovered poems by Virginia…