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I Be Monsters [by Tomás Q. Morin]
When I was an undergraduate with limitless energy and cranking out poems left and right for my workshop classes, all I wrote about was my family. There were poems about everything from my grandfather’s…
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Jake Adam York (1972 – 2012)
We mourn the loss of Jake Adam York, who died suddenly today. Jake was 40. Too too young. He was a kind generous talented poet and a good man. His death comes as a…
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The Year in Review: “Famous Blue Raincoat” by Lawrence Epstein (May 24, 2012)
Were the haunting, breathtaking, painful lyrics of “Famous Blue Raincoat” written by almost any other songwriter besides Leonard Cohen, there would be no question about the song’s meaning. It appears to a straightforward confessional…
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The Year in Review: Goodbye WS; Hello to you in this dark evening season by Jennifer Michael Hecht (February 18, 2012)
Dear Bleaders, I’m sure lots of people reading this blog know we lost a staggeringly great poet, Wisława Szymborska, a few weeks ago. It was Feb 1; she was 88. I can’t help giving…
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There Are No Words, and We Must Speak Them [by Stephanie Paterik]
“There are no words.” That phrase flooded my newsfeed in the minutes and hours after 20 children and six adults were murdered at a Connecticut elementary school yesterday. I understand the feeling. One of…
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The Year in Review: The Dogs are Howling, Allen by Laura Orem (February 14, 2012)
An Italian greyhound being "stacked" prior to a going-over by the judge. The 136rd Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show is going on right now at Madison Square Garden. Purebred dogs of all shapes and…
