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Happy birthday, Hoagy Carmichael (Nov 22, 1899 – Dec 27, 1981)
Here's Hoagy in a scene from The Best Years of Our Lives. He wrote a number of wonderful songs with Johnny Mercer as lyricist. Everyone knows and loves "Skylark." Not so many know "How…
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Jessica Piazza, Guest Blogger November 21-27
This week we welcome back Jessica Piazza as our guest blogger. Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Jessica now lives in Los Angeles while pursuing a PhD in Literature and Creative Writing at the…
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Monday @ KGB: Monica Youn & Rosmarie Waldrop
November 22 Hosted by Laura Cronk, Megin Jimenez and Michael Quattrone Reading starts at 7:30pm Admission is FREE KGB Bar * 85 East 4th Street * New York, NY 10003 * Phone: 212-505-3360 *…
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More about Steve Orlen
These pictures of poet Steve Orlen, who died one week ago today, come to us from Jerry Williams and Max McConkey They were taken by Max. This first picture is of a memorial service. In…
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Brian Clements Presents a Poem by J. E. Wei
In the Field The bungalow is empty now. The clock swings in silence. (I see Grandpa taking me to the urine bucket on a mossy floor, where bamboo curtains moldered.) The bigger room of…
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Reader’s Choice: More Personals from the London Review of Books
Vote for your favorite! 1.<<<Allow me to buy you dinner! It's chicekn or fish and one of the conditions is that I get to harp on for three hours about my ex-fiance who dumped…
