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Two poems by Lee Upton from “The Day Every Day Is”
POLITICAL AMBITION A pig swallowing an entireapple treethen sleeping under coversPolitics must be hardYou can’t step intothe same politics twiceI take off my bootsWhen I try to put them back onthey won’t let mePolitics…
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Willis Reed, Legendary Center of the World Champion N. Y. Knicks, RIP [by Stacey Harwood-Lehman]
Basketball great Willis Reed spoke about his literacy project. David was eager to get his predictions for the upcoming Knicks season. In 2003, then chairman of the NEA Dana Gioia, invited David to join…
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WEDNESDAYS WITH DENISE: March 22, 2023
Did you ever wonder who your favorite poet would be if she weren’t a poet? A rock star maybe? Here’s Anne Waldman (part Debra Harry and part Madonna) in a music video from 1982! …
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The New York School Diaspora (Part Forty-Six): Dorothea Lasky [by Angela Ball]
The Ballet The dancersIn a terribly brightLight blue gauzeRetained the mystery Skating on a lakeBlue and iceAn illusionary timeWhere poetry feels inevitable The terrific clownWho lies inside Every blue dressDoes he see me…
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Steve Reich: The Cave [by Lewis Saul]
REICH, Steve (1936- ) The Cave (1993)The Steve Reich EnsemblePaul Hillier, cond.(1:43:29) The Cave is a multimedia opera in three acts with a libretto by Reich's wife, Beryl Korot. The Cave of…
