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The Sweet Scientist [by David Lehman]
There were greater heavyweights — Dempsey, Louis, Ali — but only one champ retired undefeated, having won all fifty of his bouts, most by knockout. Rocky Marciano of Brockton, Mass., may have been a…
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“Part-time naughty/part-time biblical”: Mitch Sisskind Poetry Forum at the New School [by Virginia Valenzuela]
Mitch Sisskind, sporting his newest collection of poetry and prose entitled Do Not Be a Gentleman When You Say Goodnight, read for The New School’s MFA Writing program on October 11th 2017, and…
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TALES FROM UNDER THE PALAPA #2: “He Says, She Says” [by Bianca Juarez]
(Editor's note: This is the second in a series about the Todos Santos Writers Workshop, a new under-the-radar program that flourishes in Todos Santos, Mexico. Find the first post, by co-founder Rex Weiner, here.…
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Fragments 184-193 from Selected Squibs [by Alan Ziegler]
184. She broke his heart in two. Then she quartered it. But each portion regenerated. Now he could run for miles, make love, weep at a sad movie, and still have one cold heart…
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Poetry in outer space with Billy Collins and Italian astronaut Paolo Nespoli [by David Lehman]
Billy Collins went to outer space, at least his voice did, and launched Emily Dickinson in orbit. Come fly with me, let;'s fly, let's fly awayIf you can useSome exotic boozeThere's a bar in…
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Time, Fear, Lust, Truth, and Grant’s Tomb [by David Lehman]
Next Line, Please this week features outstanding poems by some Next Line, Please regulars in response to the previous week's prompt that I posted. The column is called "Time, Fear, Lust, Truth, and Grant’s…
