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Formally Speaking: Notes from the West Chester Poetry Conference [by Moira Egan]
Overheard at dinner: "When reading Merrill, you just have to suspend your heterotextuality." "You are right there in the liminal zone." * * * Tomorrow: sonnets on parade. A wee sampling: From the inimitable…
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Ode to jet lag
Jet lag is not fun but it can be funny. Imagine sitting across the table from your sister, having a perfectly normal conversation, when suddenly, although you seem to be awake, you are not,…
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Leon Wieseltier Defends the Humanities (against the Gadgets)
At the graduation ceremonies of Brandeis University on May 19, Leon Wieseltier spoke of the urgent need "to offer some resistance to the twin imperialisms of science and technology": <<<For decades now in America…
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Half-a-Whores (by Mitch Sisskind)
Half-a-whores have no set fee But simply accept such gifts as Are forthcoming whether clothes, Shoes, purses, spa days, Land Rovers, Island getaways, pieds-a-terre, Wine tastings, red carpet events, Or, yes, breast enhancement surgery.…
