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  • “The Questions of Postmodernism” — Great Poems of the World, episode 21, with David Lehman and Mitch Sisskind

    July 8, 2025

     

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  • The New York School Diaspora (New Series) Part Four: Mitch Sisskind [by Angela Ball]

    July 8, 2025

    Two Poems After Koch 1. If you want to write a love poem don’t sayYour girlfriend smells like a new car butMaybe you could say, ‘I love you like I love‘The smell of a…

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  • “The List of Famous Hats” [by James Tate, 1943 – July 8, 2015]

    July 8, 2025

    The List of Famous Hats Napoleon’s hat is an obvious choice I guess to list as a famoushat, but that’s not the hat I have in mind. That was his hat forshow. I am…

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  • “Why Go On?”: Cezanne, poker, and a new “Next Line, Please” post

    July 7, 2025

    Why go on? Haven’t we all asked ourselves this question at one time or another? Perhaps we are suffering from an illness, an infirmity, a condition that will not get better; perhaps a mate…

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  • “This Be The Verse” [by Philip Larkin]

    July 7, 2025

    This Be The Verse They fuck you up, your mum and dad.       They may not mean to, but they do.   They fill you with the faults they had    And add some extra, just for you.…

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  • Lynne Dreyer: Pick of the Week [ed. Terence Winch]

    July 6, 2025

                            _______________________________________ Down monkey. Monkey down Go girl and get, he ices and is rowdy. The lamp still hangs dirty and massive. Eat…

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