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  • Sandra Simonds, Guest Author June 22-26

    June 21, 2015

    This week we welcome back Sandra Simonds as our guest author. Sandra is the author of four books of poetry including the forthcoming Steal It Back from Saturnalia Books, The Sonnets (Bloof Books, 2014),…

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  • My Father’s Hands: for Matthew Ziegler, 1920-2001 [by Alan Ziegler]

    June 21, 2015

        I have a tie with a Windsor knot made on my neck by my father's hands. He stood behind me and I watched his hands, trying to memorize the path of the…

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  • My Father’s Hands: for Matthew Ziegler, 1920-2001 [by Alan Ziegler]

    June 21, 2015

        I have a tie with a Windsor knot made on my neck by my father's hands. He stood behind me and I watched his hands, trying to memorize the path of the…

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  • Looking at the World with Salerno Eyes [by Lisa Vihos – bonus day]

    June 20, 2015

    I have developed what I am calling “Salerno Eyes,” this being the phenomenon of seeing everything from the perspective of the awareness I gained while in Italy, in the presence of so many amazing…

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  • Looking at the World with Salerno Eyes [by Lisa Vihos – bonus day]

    June 20, 2015

    I have developed what I am calling “Salerno Eyes,” this being the phenomenon of seeing everything from the perspective of the awareness I gained while in Italy, in the presence of so many amazing…

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  • Next Line, Please: A Winner and Introducing Angela Ball (by David Lehman)

    June 19, 2015

      For last week's "Next Line, Please" contest over the Amercan Scholar, David Lehman challenged readers to submit poems with secret messages embedded in them. He announced the winner on Tuesday, June 16. He also…

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