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Dice-Roll Variations [by Darren Lyons]
Darren Lyonsacrylic, water, sparkling water, and vodka on canvas board; text on cardstock Dice-Roll Variations is a series of painted drawings and poetic captions, inspired by the Abstract Expressionists, New York School poets, and…
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Next Line, Please: Flowering Thyme
This week on Next Line, Please, we were delighted to see so many strong entries from Dr. Lehman's Hamlet-centric prompt. Not only did writers incorporate the richness of Shakespeare's characters, but a zeugma, which…
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Linda Reagan Update: Did She Jump or Was She Pushed? [by Walter Carey]
Editor's note: Walter Carey writes: "David Huntley, my source for this story, is the pseudonym of an executive at CBS who asked that he or she not be named. — WC." See our earlier…
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Nicanor Parra (1914-2018) [by Michael Lally]
I became a fan of Chilean poet Nicanor Parra's poetry when I saw the title of his 1967 New Directions book: POEMS AND ANTIPOEMS. The idea of antipoems fit with my own approach to…
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Homage to Jerome Kern on His Birthday
"Can't Help Lovin' That Man of Mine," "Make Believe," and, greatest of all Broadway songs, "Old Man River" [and don't overlook the greatness of Oscar Hammerstein's lyrics] and one more. . .for lovers there…
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Balanchine on Dance
Balanchine is tremendously quotable – if only because so many of his bon mots are adapted from others. When he declared himself to be “not a man but a cloud in trousers,” for example,…
