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Lina Lapelytè’s “The Mutes” at Lafayette Anticipations: on dance, shoes, singing and paradox in the Garden of Nettles [by Paul Tacy Danison]
Wandering carolers find themselves in the Garden of Nettles only to find their selves. From “The Mutes”, Lina Lapelytè, June-July 2022, Lafayette Anticipations, Paris. Photo©Rasa Juskeviciute Right off, I need to claim Lina Lapelytè’s…
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“The Garden of Allah” [by Boris Dralyuk]
The Garden of Allah Hotel, playground of the movie stars during the 20s and 30s, will be torn down to make way for a new commercial and business center. … The hotel originally was…
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“Ode to My Father’s Manhattans” [by Beth Gylys]
Ode to My Father’s Manhattans Clinkof icein a glass,crackof the cubesas he poured,bright redeyeof a maraschinobobbingin the browngoldsloshof Jim Beamand sweetvermouth. Surelywe couldswimin a lifetimeof those drinks,gallonsupon gallonsswirled, sipped,swilledand swallowed,stickyon the counter,the twinkleof his…
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From “Sincerity and Authenticity” on July 4th, Lionel Trilling’s Birthday
Here is the magnificent final paragraph of "The Authentic Unconscious," the final chapter of Lionel Trilling's Sincerity and Authenticity (1972), his last book, which originated as the Norton Lectures he delivered at Harvard University…
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To Independence (Steve McQueen) and some prose in favor of peace [by David Lehman]
It is July 4th in The Great Escape, and in the POW camp dominated by Brits, the Americans on hand gather to celebrate the day. Steve McQueen lifts his glass of homemade rotgut and…
