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Judy Garland and Mel Torme collaborate on the Trolley Song (1963) [by David Lehman]
This is how I recommend you start your dayfresh squeezed orange juiceand then the phone ringsand oh yes coffeeand an amiable chat with you, mon amieand sister sweetwho loves this song from the 1940ssung by…
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A Day at the Ballpark [by Greg Pattenaude]
This year's annual pilgrimage to see the Mets – my 52nd consecutive year in doing so – was a spur of the moment affair. A combination of a good weather forecast, no other plans,…
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Graham Greene on truth, fiction, journalism and “the Media”
Ask Graham Greene the difference between journalism and fiction, and he'll say that "novelists are trying to write the truth and journalists are trying to write fiction." He will add that "Media is just…
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“The Ramble” [by Lily Bowen]
All I can think aboutis her shiny, golden retrieverhair, falling down her back.I can’t believe you sharea dog with someone. I liedwhen I said I was allergic.I wonder if sometimes,when you’re fucking her from…
