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“FIU Reading by David Lehman” (by Robert B. Miller)
I don’t know where he hung his hatbut am sure it was well placed—as we hungon his every word, gracefully placed,as he graced you, which was needed by me, and usfor a reading that…
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The Year in Review: Send in the Crying on the Inside Kind of Clowns by Jennifer L. Knox (April 1, 2012)
Writing poetry to get laughs is like becoming a nun to get laid: it’s absolutely the wrong way to go about it. Young people start writing poems to convey their loneliness. But when they…
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Asylum Avenue: An Interview with Samuel Amadon [by Michael Schiavo]
Samuel Amadon Sam Amadon and I have known each other for over a decade. We have much in common, particularly Connecticut. I had a few questions for Sam about his second collection, The Hartford…
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Jack Gilbert, 1925-2012
Failing and Flying Everyone forgets that Icarus also flew.It's the same when love comes to an end,or the marriage fails and people saythey knew it was a mistake, that everybodysaid it would never work.…
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Chockfull of Metaphysics [by Michael Schiavo]
Constance Rourke, Grand Rapids, 1938 Constance Rourke wrote many books, including biographies of John James Audubon, P.T. Barnum, and Davy Crockett. Most importantly, she wrote American Humor: A Study of the National…
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The Year in Review: Your Loss is Our Gain? by Steven Rea (March 25, 2012)
I just saw Telly Savalas – Kojak a little later in his life, with considerably less hair – riding a bike and hanging onto a car being driven by character actress Cara Williams, and…
