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“An Argentine Gaucho Named Bruno. . .” [from The Best American Erotic Poems]
<<<Even to attempt a definition of key terms such as erotic and pornographic is a hazardous task. But about a few things there is general agreement. This is from My Secret Life (c. 1890),…
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WEDNESDAYS WITH DENISE: April 19, 2023
Vievee Francis’s fourth book The Shared World was published on April 17 by TriQuarterly Books. Revelatory and redemptive, Francis is a poetry seer writing searing verse. The book’s cover art is a 1965 photograph of Galway…
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Quote of the Day [by Harrison Ball]
NYCB Principal Dancer Harrison Ball. Photo © Ricky Cohete Ed note: Soon after Harrison Ball was made a principal dancer with the New York City Ballet in 2022, he suffered several injuries that have…
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“What It Feels Like to Be Aaron Smith” [by Aaron Smith]
What It Feels Like to Be Aaron Smith Though you would never admit it, you’re still shocked by pubic hair in Diesel ads on Broadway and Houston, and you wonder what conversations lead…
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The New York School Diaspora (Part Forty-Eight): Nathan Hoks [by Angela Ball]
Poem for Wendy’s Eyes Last week as I was eating an apple pieWith my bare hands all by myself In a small room painted lime greenAnd lit by a dim chandelier whichHung from a…
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Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) [by Lewis Saul]
HILDGARD OF BINGEN (1098-1179) A woman who was born 925 years ago has had a lot of ink spilled over the centuries for us to know so much about her life. She was a…
