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Lovesick [poem by Major Jackson]
December 23, 2023 First, you will need to cross some dark threshold.I suggest lying on your backin a pasture of cut ryegrass or in a city park.I suggest planting an arm behind your head.You…
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“The Trout Quintet,” my answer of the day [by David Lehman]
The Answer The Trout Quintet is my answer to everything today which beginswith snow on the ground and latheron my face. I will shave with my fatherin the mirror and then go downtown,get a…
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Performance revealed: movement, un-narrative and the silent beginnings of Imagination [by Tracy Danison]
“Où allons-nous? #15”, 80x280cm. Gérald Foltête. India ink, acrylic, oil and collage on canvas. Photo © Gérald Foltête “The important thing is to move.” – Resident of Kiev explaining why he took his girls…
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“Mairzy Doats” (a lyric & a challenge)
Back in 1989, when Allan Bloom's indictment of what has come to be called "Woke" was current ("The Closing of the American Mind"), Bloom and a professor named Gerald Graff appeared on an afternoon…
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Who painted it, and why does it surprise you?
Clues: 1) "Lady with Striped Dress"2) National Gallery3) On paper, 1933/34 4) Untitled / 1969-70
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WEDNESDAYS WITH DENISE: January 3, 2024
The first poetry book I’m recommending in 2024 is Pittsburghese by Robert Gibb, published by Michigan State University Press/Wheelbarrow Books on January 1. Pittsburghese is part elegy for the no-longer steel mills and part…
