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Max Ritvo’s Four Reincarnations [by Alan Ziegler]
I have concluded my self-imposed hiatus from this blog, and will be posting regularly again. But I wanted to pre-restart with a note about Max Ritvo's forthcoming book of poems, Four Reincarnations, which will be published…
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Meet the Press: Dante Di Stefano in Conversation with Crystal Simone Smith of Backbone Press
DD: In her famous essay, “Poetry is Not a Luxury” Audre Lorde writes: “Poetry is not only dream and vision; it is the skeleton architecture of our lives. It lays the foundations for a…
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Britain fogged in, all-nighters bring France to the brink
Hot conversations await France's hard-pressed sea, sex & sun seekers The British EU referendum and the supposed decision of certain of France’s unions to go head-to-head with the government over a planned protest march made…
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Was “Strangers in the Night” Sinatra’s best album of the 60s? Marc Myers thinks so [by DL]
Was "Strangers in the Night" Sinatra's best album of the 60s? Marc Myers thinks so. In today's Wall Stret Journal Mr Myers has an excellent, informative,and thoughtful piece on the song, which rose to…
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Listening to Jonathan Schwartz on the Radio [circa 2007-08] by David Lehman
<<< At the moment [2007] I am listening to “Frank’s Place” on XM-Satellite Radio. Host Jonathan Schwartz just played a song written by his father, Arthur Schwartz: "I Guess…
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On Composing a Poem About Orson Welles [by Laurence Goldstein]
What follows is a portion of a work in progress examining the way Orson Welles and his films have been appropriated and recast in poetry and fiction. This section focuses on my own experience…
