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Ideas of Order [by Jessica Garratt]
Two weeks ago I went to Peru for my sister’s wedding. I was there last summer as well, just to visit her, and didn’t know I’d be returning so soon. Last time we traveled…
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“it is important that awake people be awake” [by Jessica Garratt]
Recently I took a yoga class taught by my mother. The class had been going along in ways we and our bodies didn’t not expect, and we followed along, innocuously enjoying ourselves. My mind…
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One Night Only! Bill Hayward at the Apple Store, SoHo
Here's a chance to go behind the scene with the brilliant Bill Hayward, who is often featured here. Bill will be at the Apple Store in NYC's SoHo on August 8th at 7 pm to talk…
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“Good Bad Titles”
On May 30, 2008, in this space, Dan Nester posted about an afternoon he and Jonah Winter spent sending up the titles that adorn poetry books. The titles that occurred to them "all seemed so…
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By Way of Introduction [by Jessica Garratt]
When I received Stacey Harwood’s gracious invitation to guest blog for Best American Poetry, it came as a surprise, and the surprise came with excitement, stitched by tinsely nerves. I’ve never blogged before, and furthermore…
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“Less Surprised” [by Herbert Engelhardt]
Older and olderI should be less surprised But still a little shockedAt seeing a dark bush On a blonde-hairedLady. ' — Herbert Engelhardt
