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“Love’s Philosophy” [by Percy Bysshe Shelley]
Love's Philosophy The fountains mingle with the river,And the rivers with the ocean;The winds of heaven mix foreverWith a sweet emotion;Nothing in the world is single;All things by a law divineIn another's being mingle–Why…
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Percy Bysshe Shelley Goes Boating [by David Lehman]
Shelley was a classic Leo who was long thought erroneously to have Taurus rising. According to Mark Shulgasser, "the generally accepted birth time has placed 26 Sagittarius on the ascendant, which makes so much…
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WEDNESDAYS WITH DENISE: August 2, 2023
Sally Wen Mao’s The Kingdom of Surfaces was published yesterday by Graywolf Press. The book interrogates the Western gaze, the eroticizing/exoticizing of Chinese people, women in particular. Each poem is a knockout that builds…
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In Honor of Caroline Seebohm, 1940-2023
The vivacious Caroline Seebohm at Oxford, circa 1961. Photo credit: Peter Espe In January of this year she wrote to me, "I'm sitting at the right hand of God. As I am left-handed you…
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The New York School Diaspora (Part Fifty-Six): Loren Goodman [by Angela Ball]
WHO WOULD WIN Ernie Shavers vs. Ernie Hemingway — who would win??? Norman Mailer vs. Norman Bates — who would win??? Betty vs. Veronica — who would win??? Jacques Cousteau vs. Jacques…
