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The Importance of Martin Guerre — Part One [by Joe Lehman]
"Martin Guerre: Now and Then; Then and Now" [by Joe Lehman] PART ONE “Land to last, as it's passed, man to son, when it's done as planned. Then we'll pray it will stay as good…
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Mark Wunderlich: Pick of the Week [ed. Terence Winch]
______________________________________________________ Proposition That the smell of cows drifting through the open window is, indeed, that of…
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Deems Taylor introduces Frank Sinatra on V-Disc “for the men overseas” (1944)
Sinatra at the Stork Club, 1944 "If You Are But a Dream""Sunday, Monday and Always" as "Dick Haymes, Dick Todd and Como." "Why should it get their goat, each time I bend…
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Limbo [by Mitch Sisskind]
Limbo is a place or an idea that crops Up fairly often like if you're in Starbucks Someone will say I'm in limbo about it Or I was in limbo about it…
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“Famous Last Lines” [by David Lehman]
from The American Scholar, today's "Talking Pictures" post features a quiz — with clues and answers — having to do with memorable conclusions of movies. For extra credit, who in the picture on the…
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“Appeal to the Grammarians” [by Paul Violi]
Paul Violi (1944 -2011) would have been 78 today. So let's read one of Paul's poems. Appeal to the Grammarians We, the naturally hopeful,Need a simple signFor the myriad ways we're capsized.We who love…
