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More from the Big Bishop Birthday Bash
Mark Strand reading "First Death in Nova Scotia (c)Lawrence Schwartzwald Alice Quinn of the Poetry Society of America brilliantly organized the group reading Tuesday February 8th honoring the 100th anniversary of Elizabeth Bishop's birth.…
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Iris in the House: William Carlos Williams and Things Made Out of Words [by Joe Weil]
There are many poets who enjoy disliking William Carlos Williams. He wrote poems that seem distinguished only by their adherence to the tossed off. They make no major claims. They seem jotted off. So…
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Finding a Poem (by Laura Orem)
I often tell my students that one of the most useful writing skills they can develop is eavesdropping. Yesterday, I found myself in the waiting room of the county Adult Probation Office (I was…
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This just in . . . Profile of Terence Winch in The Irish Echo
Narrowbacks in June, 2005. Left to right: Jesse Winch, Tony DeMarco, Terry Winch, Linda Hickman, Dominick Murray. Photo by Judy Bodman. Whenever Terence Winch posts here, our hits go up exponentially so it's no…
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The Ashbery Poetry Forum
In the next few days we will have a full report on the John Ashbery Poetry Forum at the New School on February 7. Meanwhile, here is Mr. Ashbery answering one of the moderator's…
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Tribute to a Poet, with Athletic Dedication
Tribute to a Poet, with Athletic Dedication Joe Weil Leslie Heywood has lived a life of wildly disparate forms of excellence. A nationally ranked runner in high school and college, she has kept up…
