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Filmic Punctuation / MIZOGUCHI: Ugetsu [by Lewis Saul]
A director edits a film from the start Where to place the camera; what kind of lens to use; shot composition (master, close-up, telephoto), etc. Editorial decisions are why all serious filmmakers are auteurs. The…
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Attention Internet Editors: Please Credit Your Sources Correctly! [by Stacey Harwood-Lehman]
Last September, our guest author Susan Morrow posted here her translations of Egyptian poetry ancient (Invocation to a Scribe) and modern (The Song of Baramhat) . Soon thereafter the site 100 Best Poems picked up…
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Aza Pace: Pick of the Week [ed. Terence Winch]
_______________________________________________________ Portrait of Nymphs Bathing After the painting A…
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Warrenn Buffett’s Cadillac
From this week's Barron's (7/31/23) comes "Land of the Share Class, Home of the Braves" by Andrew Bary in which we learn that Warren Buffett is a big believer in Liberty Sirius XM (LSXMK)…
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Douglas Crase on John Ashbery [on JA’s Birthday]
from "Driving by the Lake with John Ashbery" by Douglas Craseleft: Larry Rivers's portrait of John Ashbery and "Pyrography"(circa 1976) Driving by the Lake With John Ashbery <<<John never insisted on being the sole…
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Amusing little morning nosegays [by Mitch Sisskind]
'I'd rather get my ass whipped with a plank 'Than go to a dinner party.' For these words We have Billy Bob Thornton to thank As for morning's songs we thank the birds. …
