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The Noah’s Ark Theory of Revision (by Erika Meitner)
I am currently sitting on my couch with a bag of frozen peas on my foot, as I think I broke my toe on my son's new bed. We finally got a 'big boy…
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This Just in . . . American Poet Elyse Fenton Wins Dylan Thomas Prize
We've just learned that Elyse Fenton has won the prestigious Dylan Thomas prize for her book Clamor. Clamor, which was written in part while Fenton’s husband was deployed as a medic in Baghdad, is the…
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Rex Quondam, Rexque Futurus
That once was king…. That will be king again…. Ripeness is all…. …
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It’s a Very Appalachian Hanukkah (by Erika Meitner)
Being Jewish in small-town Appalachia around Hanukkah time is an exercise in resourcefulness. We have no synagogue here–only a lay-led Jewish Community Center. The president of the center is very fastidious about keeping the…
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The Stud Duck is coming soon!!!
Behold! Two well-satisfied readers of The Stud Duck!
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Elegy with Rouladen, Feliz Navidad, and Clay (by Erika Meitner)
My grandmother, my Oma, my father's mother, Greta Platschek Meitner (zikhronah livrakha)–died Monday morning at 12:45am. She was 92 years old, and she was my last surviving grandparent. I've written many poems about my…
