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  • The chair-sized man refuses to divulge the secrets of the one he left on the shelf [by Mitch Sisskind]

    July 28, 2025

    t John Ashbery: 'Fear among the legs of a chair…' The Bonus Round Mitch Sisskind Jul4 14, 1789           READ IN APP       'Good morning, class. In John…

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  • Joel Lewis: Pick of the Week [ed. Terence Winch]

    July 27, 2025

    __________________________________________ The Origins of My Social Marginalization 12 minutes countdown to the 8:15 St. George boat so walk over to                                               that enormous Starbucks at Pearl & State. Inside, I hear that sinuous flute…

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  • “Tin Pan Alley” [by David Lehman]

    July 25, 2025

    A Fine Romance: Jewish Songwriters, American Songbook, 1910-1965 uses text and imagery from Broadway musicals, classic films, posters and personal collections to tell the stories of great composers and lyricists. The featured artists include Harold Arlen ("Over…

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  • “TO LIFE”: Dancing with SUZANNE, walking with Imagination [By Tracy Danison]

    July 25, 2025

    “TO LIFE”, dance performance by the SUZANNE collective. Photo © SUZANNE Ultreïa: Yonder! Over there! [Latin: ultra: “beyond/yon” et eia, “that-there”]. Since the medieval period, greeting used among pilgrims on the Chemin de Saint…

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  • Happy birthday, Joe Lehman

    July 24, 2025

    from the archive; first posted November 18, 2012 Argo (Fuck Yourself) [by Joe Lehman] Actor/Director Ben Affleck, center, with his “Argo” inspiration Tony Mendez, far left, and real-life “house guests” Kathleen Stafford, Bob Anders…

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  • Poetry and Politics [by David Lehman]

    July 23, 2025

    What accounts for the strange assumption, which I sometimes encounter, that only the politically enlightened, proud of their rectitude and eager to let you know it, read and write poetry? This is patently false.…

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