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“The Greatest Commencement Speech” [by David Lehman]
There are no words forthe greatest commencement speechwhich is devoid of wordsbut is the perfect blend of melodies, alma mater themesand drinking songs, thatBrahms put together in his"Academic Festival Overture"conducted by the peerlessLeonard Bernsteinlisten —…
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Next Line, Please: We Want a Hero [by Virginia Valenzuela]
This evening David Lehman will be reading from Next Line, Please: Prompts to Inspire Poets and Writers at: Book Culture82nd Street and Columbus AvenueNew York City7pm Join us for a night of literary magic,…
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Birthday Boy Bobby Darin (May 14, 1936) went to Bronx Science [by DL]
Happy birthday, Bobby, and let's hear you sing some tunes and so some impressions.Start with this amazing a translation of what Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht wrote: Bobby's impersonation of Andy Williams is amazing, and…
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Mother’s Day [by Terence Winch]
Mother’s Day My mother did not live to be a hundredlike the old nuns in the Sacred Heartconvent, sheltered from life. She was fifty-five when she died. I was the babyof the family.…
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The Beat Goes on for Frank — and Steve Maglio [by David Lehman]
Twenty years have gone by since the Voice was silenced by the grim reaper. But you can still hear him — the smooth beauty of the 1940s, the roughened swinger of the Capitol Years,…
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Linda Reagan Update: Janko Joins the Reagans’ Dinner Table [by Walter Carey]
It looks like Officer Janko and Jameson (Jamie) Reagan are going to couple off and remain partners in crime prevention as well as man and wife. The writers went to a lot of trouble…
