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  • The Year in Review Continues

    November 18, 2012

    On Monday, November 5 we began our Year in Review series.  We're posting selections from each of our guest bloggers.  We're sure you will be inspired to look for more work by our contributors…

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  • Argo (Fuck Yourself) [by Joe Lehman]

    November 18, 2012

    Actor/Director Ben Affleck, center, with his “Argo” inspiration Tony Mendez, far left, and real-life “house guests” Kathleen Stafford, Bob Anders and Lee Schatz. At right are Pat Taylor and former Ambassador Ken Taylor (Keegan…

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  • The Year in Review: On Nostalgia by Timothy O’Keefe (April 30, 2012)

    November 18, 2012

    The urge to feed nostalgia. Is this different from nostalgia itself? Impulse versus aftermath. A temptation, but devoid of ecstasy. The impulse tells us we might live again—an uncanny resemblance—and if we live again,…

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  • Vermouth plus what equals Martini?

    November 17, 2012

    On his blog,, the indefatigable Tom Clark salutes Terence Winch today. A toastto both these gentlemenon the occasion of this post. To the question above, the answer is a) sin, b), gin, c) the…

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  • The Year in Review: God’s Optimism in April by Jenny Factor (April 13, 2012)

    November 17, 2012

    At the AWP conference in Chicago, I attended a panel–the first panel of the first morning–on contemporary Jewish poetry. There was a lot of genius at that table, and an adorable baby in the…

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  • Meet the Press: NIn Andrews in conversation with Walter Cummins of Serving House Books

    November 17, 2012

    Poetry, Fiction, and Memoirsby Leading Writers from throughout the World NA:  I would love to begin with a brief description of Serving House Books.  How would you best describe the press?  How did it…

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