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Qatar Reverie Part III (by Peter Fortunato)
(Ed note: This is part III of Peter Fortunato's series about life in Qatar. Read part I here and part II here.) Qatar and its captial city Doha are in the desert — no…
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Qatar Reverie Part II by Peter Fortunato
(ed note: this is part II of Peter Fortunato’s posts about Qatar. To read part I go here.) “In Dreams Begin Responsibilities,” Delmore Schwartz famously wrote; and like him, I brought with me the…
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Happy Birthday Emma Lazarus (July 22,1849–November 19,1887)by David Lehman
Without Emma Lazarus' timeless poem, Lady Liberty would be just another statue. Near the end of the 1942 movie Saboteur, one of director Alfred Hitchcock's early American efforts, the heroine, played by Priscilla Lane,…
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NYC Poetry Festival July 27th & 28th, Governors Island, NYC
Once again, Governor's Island is the setting for the annual Poetry Society of New York Poetry Festival. This years event promises to be even more thrilling than the 2012 fest. The lineup includes Lara…
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Qatar Reverie Part 1 by Peter Fortunato
Sailing into Doha at dusk (photo (co) Peter Fortunato) Sometimes it seemed as if I were living in a dream of my own device – though sometimes, I wondered if I were also dreaming…
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Peter Fortunato Guest Author July 22-26
This week we welcome Peter Fortunato as our guest author. Peter is a writer, performer, ceremony maker, visual artist, and teacher. He is also a practitioner of complementary alternative medicine specializing in hypnosis. He…
