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  • Liberties of the Imagination: 5 poems by Joseph Harrison, with commentary by Mary Jo Salter

    January 15, 2024

    Liberties of the Imagination: 5 poems by Joseph Harrison, with commentary by Mary Jo Salter (pictured left). Joseph Harrison (b.1957) has many admirers, but I’ve always felt that his works deserve a wider audience. Harrison,…

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  • Karisma Price: Pick of the Week [ed. Terence Winch]

    January 14, 2024

                        ________________________________________________________________ This Is a Song for the Good Girl (Or the Lonely)   I draw a black band on my arm with Sharpie Mourn…

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  • Vintage Noir (“Le Jour se leve”) and the exquisite ecstasy of paranoia (“Vertigo”) at the Film Forum [Nov. 2014]

    January 13, 2024

    Marcel Carne's little-shown pre-war classic "Le Jour se leve" is at the Film Forum on West Houston Street in downtown New York and must be seen by fans of Jean Gabin, admirers of Arletty…

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  • Tis the Season for Resolutions [by Nin Andrews]

    January 13, 2024

    Or is it already the season of forgoing resolutions?  On my way to the swimming pool this morning I heard on the radio that people are already forsaking their best laid plans. The reason:…

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  • Napoleon Times Two [by Mitch Sisskind]

    January 12, 2024

    Sam Feldman When Napoleon wanted a woman he said Bring me a woman and they brought him one, Poof poof no nonsense and the whole thing Was over in half an hour. Yet Napoleon's…

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  • How Do I See Myself? [by Molly Arden]

    January 11, 2024

    How do I see myself? Molly gets asked this a lot. She looks in the mirror and sees Picasso's understanding of her distorted self. In the chat room that served as her a senior…

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