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Sarah Arvio, guest blogger February 11-15 and giveaway!
This week we welcome Sarah Arvio as our guest blogger. Arvio's books are Visits from the Seventh (Knopf 2002), Sono: cantos (Knopf 2006), and night thoughts: 70 dream poems & notes from an analysis, out last month also…
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Ken Tucker’s Take on the New “House of Cards”
"House of Cards finds Kevin Spacey being waspish, supercilious, and meanly clever — in other words, just the way we like him, and the way he’s been most effective." That's how Ken Tucker opens…
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Harriet Writes by Molly McQuade
My dear Miss Monroe, Anyway, what did you write? Much of it was resented or pilloried by your fellow writers. But poets could only resent Miss Monroe's poetry fairly if they chose…
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“Pocket Theories” [by Caitlyn Pezza]
Why is life a perpetual preparationfor something that never happens? -William Butler Yeats Pocket Theories If I can’t pick up the ocean, how heavy is water? You tell me to try swallowing a…
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House of Cards: Whist versus Bridge (or the British versus the US Versions) [by David Lehman]
No spoiler-alerts needed here. We refuse to give away the goods. Only a week has gone by since the Netflix release of the new "House of Cards" and we have watched all thirteen episodes…
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My dear Miss Monroe . . . by Molly McQuade
My dear Miss Monroe, Of course, my letters to you are a kind of work-in-progress. Even by now, you barely know me, and I haven’t quite explained exactly why I want to write…
