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Marty’s Lesson: Thoughts About War Poetry and Teaching on Memorial Day, 2013 [by Daniel Westover]
Although I didn’t know it as a kid, my grandfather, Eugene (Eugenio) James Martinis—“Jimmy” to his siblings, “Marty” to me—was a Screaming Eagle, a paratrooper in the 101st Airborne. Technically Marty was my step-grandfather,…
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Memorial Day: We remember the poets who served. . .
. . . These are a conquered people, said the British sergeant, putting his hand on my shoulder at the bar in Foggia, Italy— this is 1944. He was instructing me on why I…
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“Happy 74, Frank Bidart!” [by Anthony Madrid via Facebook]
FRANK BIDART (5/27)Ass b-b-b-backwards And horse b’fore b’cart.With a very happy birthday toThe poet Frank Bidart.B’Jesus! Seventy-four.B’doing my b’partTo wish a happy birthday toThe poet Frank Bidart.B’cup, b’cup, b’gallon.B’liter and b’quart.B’cause I took a…
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Daniel Westover, Guest Blogger May 27-31
Daniel Westover has an MFA from McNeese State University and a PhD from the University of Wales. His scholarly works include R. S. Thomas: A Stylistic Biography (University of Wales Press, 2011) and the…
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Quote of the Day: Mark Lasswell on Kate Chopin, WSJ May 25-26, 2013
Readers will have to forgive Mr. Cambell his obsessions. He brings race into the book with a dull frequency, sometimes to unintentionally comic effect. We're told that black St. Louisans including Chuck Berry, Miles…
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Augury Books: Reading Poetry & Fiction Mss. Now through June 30
<<<The editors at Augury Books have opened this year's reading period for: — Poetry manuscripts, keeping up the fine tradition that has served us well the past few years with The Book of Lost…
