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A Conversation with Poet and Editor, Philip Brady [by Nin Andrews and Amanda Rabaduex]
Philip Brady is a poet, professor, and editor whom I've had the good fortune to know in all three of these capacities, and he is someone I always learn from, whether by reading his…
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Edward Hirsch: Pick of the Week [ed. Terence Winch]
Edward Hirsch. Photo by Julie Dermansky _________________________________________________ A Partial History of My Stupidity Traffic…
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Happy birthday, Doris Day: Big Band Singer Par Excellence
On April 3, let's celebrate Doris Day, a very great singer. Dorisb4day is a great screen name becauseof Oscar Levant’s witticism (he knew Doris Day“before she was a virgin”) but mostly becauseof the voice…
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Harvard Prof Disses Great Books [by Walter Carey]
Last nght at the Wilson Trust Foundation, Professor Beryl Dunkelheit began their lecture on "Why We Read Great Books" with the a priori premise that we read them "to become a better person."…
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Richard Howard, 1929-2022 [by David Lehman]
John Hollander, Richard Howard, and David Lehman about to enter the Bowery Poetry Club for a reunion of the Columbia Review editors, 2005. (photo © Stacey Lehman) Richard Howard, distinguished poet, critic, teacher, guest…
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Bob Dylan to Host Reality TV: America’s Next Top Bard [by Stacey Harwood]
Fox network announced today that it will headline its lineup of fall programming with "America's Next Top Bard." In the pilot, contestants are asked to memorize and recite a soliloquy from Hamlet, to write a…
