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Tales of the Nineties: Family Feuds [by Alan Ziegler]
In mid-March 1996, Erin and I whisper-argue in the bedroom while my father lies on the sofa bed in the living room watching Family Feud. I would appreciate the irony if my…
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Lisa Vihos, Guest Author July 25-29
This week we welcome back Lisa Vihos as our guest blogger. Lisa's poems have appeared in numerous journals both print and online. Twice nominated for a Pushcart Prize, her third chapbook, This Particular Heaven,…
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Paris 2016 Catacombs Conference confirms felines for EDS role
Decision follows tests and requests from OES The catacombs of Paris are not, strictly speaking, a cemetery. They are a designated bone storage area (DBSA), a discrete recycling yard created by the ancien régime…
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State of the Art by David Lehman [Review by Lynn Domina]
David Lehman’s The State of the Art: A Chronicle of American Poetry, 1988-2014 collects the introductions he’s written to introduce the individual volumes of The Best American Poetry series over the last twenty-five years.…
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“Lesbian” Corn poem by Elaine Equi; Dramatic reading by Nicole Santalucia
For several years I've been announcing the first corn sighting of the season. This year, the corn has been late to market because of the drought we're experiencing in the Finger Lakes. I was…
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