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  • John Foy, Guest Author July 8-12

    July 7, 2013

    This week we welcome John Foy as our guest blogger. John’s first book is Techne's Clearinghouse (Zoo Press). His poetry has been featured in the Swallow Anthology of New American Poets and has appeared…

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  • Quote of the Day

    July 7, 2013

    "Poetry critics are like capitalists without funds."                                              — David Lehman

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  • In today’s New York Times: “Listening to a Disconnected Society ‘The Blind,’ Lera Auerbach’s Opera, Confronts Isolation”

    July 7, 2013

    Congratulations to Lera Auerbach, whose opera will premiere on Tuesday and continue through July 14 at Lincoln Center's Kaplan Penthouse in NYC.  Read more about the opera and Lera's extraordinary life and genius here.…

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  • Three Poems by Joan Biddle

    July 6, 2013

    SPIDER    The boy touched the girl’s leg. It crumbled to powder and sunk to the bottom of the deep end.  Scraps of paper lined the bottom, each printed with a word she must…

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  • Four Smart Teens Survive 30 Days Lost at Sea,Tempest-Tost in Small Pleasure Craft

    July 5, 2013

    (left to right): David Caplan, David Lehman, Denise Duhamel, James Cummins

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  • Becoming and Unbecoming Henri Faust Part IV by J. Chester Johnson

    July 5, 2013

    (Ed. note:  This is Part IV of Chester Johnson's series about Henri Faust.  You can read Part I here, Part II here, and Part III here.)   Maybe just one of these exceptional forces…

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