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Martin Stannard: Pick of the Week [ed. Terence Winch]
_________________________________________________________________________ Princess of Thieves Since you left I’ve been absolutely fine, And I have something else I want to say: That “Best of Phil Collins” CD you have is mine. I have…
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“The Prophecy of an Assassination”: On “The Manchurian Candidate” (1962) [by David Lehman]
When The Manchurian Candidate, based on the novel by Richard Condon, was released in 1962, Pauline Kael called it “the most sophisticated political satire ever to come out of Hollywood.” Six decades on, the…
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“A desire to capture events”: Nick Courtright & Cynthia Good in Conversation [by Kristina Marie Darling]
I'm excited to introduce this conversation between Cynthia Good and Nick Courtright, who I've paired because of their shared investment in travel, documentary poetics, and entrepreneurship in literature and the arts. Here, they discuss…
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IM Vin Scully (1927-2022) Laureate of Play-by-Play Poetry [by David Lehman]
When Kirk Gibson hit perhaps the most unlikely home run in baseball history – when, hobbled with injuries, he pinch-hit with two out and a man on first base, and the Dodgers were one…
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Auden’s Predictions in “For the Time Being”
<<< Reason will be replaced by Revelation. Instead of Rational Law, objective truths perceptible to any who will undergo the necessary intellectual discipline, and the same for all, Knowledge will degenerate into a riot…
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Poet Spotlight: Shane McCrae [by Kristina Marie Darling]
I'm thrilled to introduce this new poem by celebrated writer Shane McCrae. As a longtime admirer of McCrae's work, I never cease to be amazed by his ability to bear the distinctive lineation of…
