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  • The Death of a Poet [by Eleanor Goodman]

    October 25, 2016

    The poet Xu Lizhi come to prominence in one of the worst possible ways: he jumped from a high-rise in Shenzhen, ending his life at the age of 24. Before his death, Xu was…

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  • “Suchness”: Eric Brown’s Vernissage (October 28)

    October 24, 2016

    PRESS RELEASE SUCHNESS – New Work by Eric BrownCRUSH Curatorial Chelsea526 West 26th Street, Suite 709, NY, NY 10001Dates: Friday October 28- November 19, 2016Hours: Thursday, Friday and Saturday 1-5PMOpening Reception: Friday October 28,…

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  • Iron Moon and the Lives of Chinese Worker-Poets [by Eleanor Goodman]

    October 24, 2016

    I have long admired these lines in Jane Hirshfield’s poem “Unnameable Heart”: “There are so many / lives of which I know nothing. / Even my own.” As a translator of Chinese literature, I…

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  • For Autumn: Poems by Latino/a/xs: Valerie Martinez [by Emma Trelles]

    October 23, 2016

    Birds in Field – Mound Bayou, by Brandon Thibodeaux   from A HUNDRED LITTLE MOUTHS by Valerie Martinez   –1–    from up above: lewh, whist, stlew, ist, histle, and so it is with…

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  • Eleanor Goodman, Guest Author October 24-28

    October 23, 2016

    This week we welcome back Eleanor Goodman as our guest author. Eleanor is a Research Associate at the Harvard University Fairbank Center, and spent a year at Peking University on a Fulbright Fellowship. She…

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  • Cubs Win Big on Bro’s Birthday [for Mitch Sisskind]

    October 23, 2016

    Happy birthday Mitch We did it for you We beat the glamorous Giants and dogged Dodgers, which Is a pretty big fucking deal and we did it for you On your birthday because you…

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