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“On Wanker Pond” and related matters (by Mitch Sisskind)
Rachel and I are creating a series of videos exploring varieties of human sexual experience. Following Dante's example, we will begin with hell and wind up with paradise. We start with the problems and conclude with the…
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Meet the Press: Nin Andrews in Conversation with Gabriel Fried, Poetry Editor of Persea Books
NA: I would like to start with a brief description of Persea Books, including who the editors are, how long you have been in existence, and how many books you publish each year. GF:…
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The Life of Man is . . .
Franz Kafka's home at #22 on the Golden Lane, Prague. In 1912, while living elsewhere, he wrote to his fiance Felice Bauer: "Time is short, my strength is limited, the office is a horror,…
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BIRTHDAY EPIGRAM for both THOMAS SAYERS ELLIS (born 10/5/63) and BRIAN BLANCHFIELD (born 10/5/73) [by Anthony Madrid via Facebook]
EPIGRAMFifty · and forty · and I’m forty-fiveThe nose and the swan are both taking a diveNobody knows who’ll be fit to surviveFifty · and forty · and forty-five•
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The poetry of Noah [by Rachel Barenblat]
In Jewish communities around the world this week we're reading the Torah portion named after Noah. (Here it is in English.) I can't really imagine that this is a comfortable Torah reading in Boulder…
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Poetry Forum: Tina Chang on October 9th, 66 W 12th St., Rm. 510, 6:30 PM, FREE
Tina Chang, Brooklyn’s poet laureate, will read at The New School’s Poetry Forum next Wednesday, to be followed by a Q&A moderated by David Lehman. A graduate of Columbia’s MFA program and a native…
