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  • Ready to Serve: A Drunk Serves Drunks [by Nicole Santalucia]

    February 20, 2015

    (Ed note: This is the fifth in our Ready to Serve series. Find previous posts here. sdh) Faye Dunaway and Mickey Rourke in the film Barfly (1987) The next thing I knew I was…

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  • Poetry to Keep You Full: Celebrating Paul Violi [by Danielle Elizabeth Chin]

    February 19, 2015

    Standing room only at the Paul Violi tribute. L to R, front: Robert Hershon. Seated: Tony Towle, Sharon Mesmer, Rozanne Gold, David Lehman, Stacey Harwood, Luis Jaramillo. Photo (c) Gabriel Don. On February 11th,…

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  • Poetry to Keep You Full: Celebrating Paul Violi [by Danielle Elizabeth Chin]

    February 19, 2015

    Standing room only at the Paul Violi tribute. L to R, front: Robert Hershon. Seated: Tony Towle, Sharon Mesmer, Rozanne Gold, David Lehman, Stacey Harwood, Luis Jaramillo. Photo (c) Gabriel Don. On February 11th,…

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  • Tales of the Seventies: The Runner and the Frozen Yogurt Watch [by Alan Ziegler]

    February 19, 2015

        In 1978 I order my first digital watch—recently affordable—through a mail order deal from Texas Instruments. I pay for the basic $19.95 model, though I lust after the higher-tech $79.95 version with multiple features.…

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  • Tales of the Seventies: The Runner and the Frozen Yogurt Watch [by Alan Ziegler]

    February 19, 2015

        In 1978 I order my first digital watch—recently affordable—through a mail order deal from Texas Instruments. I pay for the basic $19.95 model, though I lust after the higher-tech $79.95 version with multiple features.…

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  • Balzac Speaks of Salvation Through Sexual Intercourse (by Mitch Sisskind)

    February 18, 2015

    How else to keep alive the spirit Of sans souci, the flame of youth, But with sexual intercourse? That sphere of glowing delight To which, once I acceded to it, The luminous channel has…

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