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  • How does a human fly? Dilo Paulo knows [By Tracy Danison]

    June 20, 2025

    Dilo Paulo dances his solo piece, “Ekesa Sanko”. Photo courtesy June Events 2025 © Dilo Paulo Dilo Paulo, born in Angola but now working from Brazil, did a solo dance show called Ekesa Sanko…

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  • Expect, suppose or avoid: the novel’s universal gambit? [By Sean Ashton]

    June 20, 2025

    Cover, "Massive Massive Oil Slick". Courtesy Sean Ashton To anyone who has never tried to write one, novels might seem like they are conceived whole: a glittering prize that the author just had to…

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  • NYSP::IOU – Elinor Nauen / David Beaudouin

    June 19, 2025

    NYSP :: IOU is a series devoted to exploring a single question: how has the New York School of Poetry (NYSP)—its aesthetics and shenanigans—influenced contemporary poetics in general and certain poets in particular?  …

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  • Julius Jaffe: Three Poems [by Mitch Sisskind]

    June 19, 2025

        Julius Jaffe and the Angel of Death Julius Jaffe was carrying a box of bricks.The day was hot. Too exhausted to go on,Julius Jaffe dropped the box and called onThe Angel of…

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  • Wordplay with George Bilgere and John Donoghue

    June 19, 2025

    I can't help it. I've been stressed out lately. Partly, thanks to the political climate we are living in. And partly, and I know this is silly, but because I have a new book…

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  • We miss you, Johnny!

    June 19, 2025

    In Memory of Johnny Dog Lehman (2007 [?] — June 18, 2024) June 19, 2024 Posted by The Best American Poetry on June 19, 2024 at 11:03 AM   

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