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The Importance of Being Ernest [Hemingway], an astrological profile [by David Lehman]
“It was a rotten way to be wounded. .”[1] The career of America’s most famous writer divides itself in two. Before he took the world by storm, Hemingway’s primitive innocence protected him. He…
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Celebration & Reception for John Ashbery’s 98th Birthday [in Hudson, New York]
July 26, 2025 4-6pm Christ Church Episcopal Parish Hall 43l Union Street, Hudson, New York Of course Eurydice vanished into the shade/She would have…
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Edward Hopper’s “Chop Suey”
You have one more day to write a poem about Edward Hopper's great "Chop Suey" — or two other paintings, one by Botticelli, the other by Cezanne — for our current "Next Line, Please"…
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Elaine Kahn: Pick of the Week [ed. Terence Winch]
______________________________________________________ The Good News about Hell Suburbs are the perfect habitat for deer. Jesus said they make the…
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“Appeal to the Grammarians” [by Paul Violi, July 20, 1944 – April 2, 2011]
Appeal to the Grammarians We, the naturally hopeful,Need a simple signFor the myriad ways we're capsized.We who love precise languageNeed a finer way to conveyDisappointment and perplexity.For speechlessness and all its inflections,For up-ended…
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In Defense of Jim Morrison, Poet [by Daniel Nester]
“The lyrics Jim Morrison wrote for the Doors are wonderful and chilling and moving,” David Lehman writes to me. Poet, critic, and series editor of The Best American Poetry, Lehman knows about song lyrics. His most recent…
