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  • A Day at the Ballpark [by Greg Pattenaude]

    July 8, 2017

    This year's annual pilgrimage to see the Mets – my 52nd consecutive year in doing so – was a spur of the moment affair.  A combination of a good weather forecast, no other plans,…

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  • Graham Greene on truth, fiction, journalism and “the Media”

    July 7, 2017

    Ask Graham Greene the difference between journalism and fiction, and he'll say that "novelists are trying to write the truth and journalists are trying to write fiction." He will add that "Media is just…

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  • “The Ramble” [by Lily Bowen]

    July 7, 2017

    All I can think aboutis her shiny, golden retrieverhair, falling down her back.I can’t believe you sharea dog with someone. I liedwhen I said I was allergic.I wonder if sometimes,when you’re fucking her from…

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  • Good Morning, Dean Martin, on an Evening in Roma

    July 7, 2017

    Penso che un sogno così non ritorni mai piùMi dipingevo le mani e la faccia di bluPoi d'improvviso venivo dal vento rapitoE incominciavo a volare nel cielo infinito Volare. . .oh ohCantare, ohohoho…Nel blu…

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  • “Moscow Personals Ads— A Found Poem” [by Bruce Isaacson]

    July 6, 2017

    Selections from Moscow’s Argument & Fact which, with a circulation of 15 million, is the world's most widely read newspaper.             -1- I am 85 years old.  I'm in love with the TV serial"Los…

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  • Young Bert Cooper sings “I Believe in You”

    July 5, 2017

     

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