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“School Ties” – anti-Semitism at an elite prep school in rhe 1950s
Cast members of “School Ties”; included in foreground: Brendan Fraser and Matt Damon. from The Jewish Press of Tampa Bay October 11, 2022 By STEPHEN SILVERJTA news service Cast members of “School…
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A Deep-Sworn Vow [by William Butler Yeats]
A Deep Sworn Vow Others because you did not keepThat deep-sworn vow have been friends of mine;Yet always when I look death in the face,When I clamber to the heights of sleep,Or when I…
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“And” versus “&” in modern poetry
In Poets & Writers, Kevin Nance has a fascinating piece on the ampersand in modern poetry. Click here to read it in its entirety after taking a quick peek here: <<<In the twentieth century, the ampersand…
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“The Inevitable ‘But’” [by David Lehman and David Shapiro]
The Inevitable "But" But who can paint the snow?Can you?My nudes wear snowflake bikinis. A Barnard grad on skisasked: may I edit your genius?(But who can paint the snow?) A good fact-checker, for such am I,can collect…
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David Mamet on the overuse of “Fuck” & the deprivation of its force
<<< As a young man I’d been excused from the politesse of a middle-class upbringing, and found myself free to figure it out or starve. I found my day-to-day and hand-to-mouth employment among folk…
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Michael Palma: Pick of the Week [ed. Terence Winch]
______________________________________________________ The Golden Years You don’t know how to use the phones. Everyone mumbles on TV. A…
