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Blurred around the Edges: A Memory of the Future [by Elizabeth Spires]
A few years ago I came across an intriguing passage in THE ZEN OF CREATIVITY by John Daido Loori that caught my attention because it seemed so violently opposed to the way…
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DL’s Drink of the Summer: The Paloma [by David Lehman]
Each summer I specialize in a new cocktail. One summer (2001) it was Bellinis with fresh white peach puree More than one summer it was daiquiris with fresh squeezed lime juice, quick-melting sugar,…
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Professor Post Posts on Yenser’s Merrill [by Jonathan Post]
James Merrill, The Book of Ephraim, Annotated and Introduced by Stephen Yenser (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2018). There is a lovely moment in Langdon Hammer’s biography of James Merrill…
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On the Erotic in Poetry and Literature (part II) [by David Lehman]
The familiar image of the “beast with two backs” is ridiculous but accurate and therefore a valuable corrective to high-minded or romantic representations of the theme. A more flattering image comes from…
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Next Line, Please: Long Ago, Shortly After [by Virginia Valenzuela]
Last week on Next Line, Please, David Lehman invited everyone to "go to town" with their favorite clichés, offering up two well known sayings: “Long Story Short” and “I could be wrong.” Ordinarily, we…
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“An Ode to You on Your Birthday” [by Nin Andrews]
Nin Andrews wrote this splendid "Ode to You on Your Birthday"subtitled"in the manner of David Lehman’s poem written in the manner of Pablo Neruda" Yesterday I was too lazy to tell you Happy Birthdayso…
