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“TO LIFE”: Dancing with SUZANNE, walking with Imagination [By Tracy Danison]
“TO LIFE”, dance performance by the SUZANNE collective. Photo © SUZANNE Ultreïa: Yonder! Over there! [Latin: ultra: “beyond/yon” et eia, “that-there”]. Since the medieval period, greeting used among pilgrims on the Chemin de Saint…
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Happy birthday, Joe Lehman
from the archive; first posted November 18, 2012 Argo (Fuck Yourself) [by Joe Lehman] Actor/Director Ben Affleck, center, with his “Argo” inspiration Tony Mendez, far left, and real-life “house guests” Kathleen Stafford, Bob Anders…
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Poetry and Politics [by David Lehman]
What accounts for the strange assumption, which I sometimes encounter, that only the politically enlightened, proud of their rectitude and eager to let you know it, read and write poetry? This is patently false.…
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NYSP::IOU – Michael Lally / David Beaudouin
NYSP :: IOU is a series devoted to exploring a single question: How has the New York School of Poetry (NYSP)—its aesthetics and shenanigans—influenced contemporary poetics? Michael Lally This month, we are…
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Two Photos by Josef Sudek
As a young man, the Czech photographer Josef Sudek (1896-1976) experimented with a box camera and made self-portraits. He served in World War I, brought his camera to the front, and created three albums…
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In Appreciation of James Tate, 1943-2015 [by David Lehman]
I became a convert to James Tate’s poetry when he published Constant Defender and Reckoner in 1983 and ’86 respectively. I was asked to review his work for the Washington Post Book World, and this in part is what…
