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Fragments 71-80 (from Selected Squibs) [by Alan Ziegler]
Overheard: “I admit to being abstract and I don't deny it, and I don't think it’s a bad position. On the other hand, I find you very academic.” The first student I connected with,…
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In Memory of John Hollander (1929-2013) [by David Lehman]
When John Hollander died, four years ago, I wrote, John Hollander died last weekend. He was two months shy of his 84th birthday and had been in poor health. We join the many who…
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Toward a Stranger Home I Home: Dante Di Stefano Reviews Adam Houle’s Stray
StrayAdam HouleLithic Press, 2017 Adam Houle’s Stray exhibits a technical virtuosity uncommon in a debut collection of poetry. Not only does he demonstrate a mastery of sonnet and couplet, but in poem after poem…
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“One More Eclipse” [by Hilton Obenzinger]
August 21, 2017The Grand EclipseI have it in my calendarThe next time it comes aroundI’ll be dead, or at least I hope soBut no Totality here In San FranciscoOnly the Path of PartialityAnd I’m not…
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“It sounded as if the Streets were running” [poem by Emily Dickinson]
XXXIV It sounded as if the Streets were running And then – the Streets stood still –Eclipse – was all we could see at the Window And Awe – was all we could feel.…
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“the revolution: return to new york” [by Andrei Codrescu]
for Allen Ginsberg 92nd birthday: Allen, let’s fix America we are having a revolution: a marketing revolution. we are still in the wine roses goat and sesame seed…
