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  • In Praise of Bruno (1983)

    October 6, 2022

    Two redheads having a much-needed snooze in Ludlowville (July 1983).

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  • Steady My Laden Head [by Mary Gilliland]

    October 5, 2022

    The hours don’t count, I don’t count the hours. This is not a task but an activity. Unassigned. A practically involuntary part of the day, sowing itself in my unconscious during times I might…

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  • Yom Kippur, Grand Concourse, Bronx, 1948 [by Stacey Harwood-Lehman]

    October 5, 2022

    Renee and Huy Harwood, my parents, eager to end the Yom Kippur fast. — sdl

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  • Wednesdays with Denise [by Denise Duhamel]

    October 5, 2022

    WEDNESDAYS WITH DENISEOctober 5, 2022 Sharon Olds’ latest book BALLADZ was published yesterday. It is a tour de force of mature, startling, haunting poems that reach over time from the speaker’s childhood to the…

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  • The New York School Diaspora (Part Thirty-Six): Clarence Major [by Angela Ball]

    October 4, 2022

    Photograph of a Gathering of People Waving                                                      …

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  • Grace Cavalieri’s Milestone Birthday [Terence Winch]

    October 3, 2022

    Happy 90th birthday to the extraordinary & indefatigable Grace Cavalieri, an inspiration to all who know her. Poet, playwright, painter, and long-time host of “The Poet and the Poem” interview program from the Library…

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