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  • “That Too” [by Lawrence Joseph]

    March 10, 2022

    “That Too” A long walk up West Street along the piers.The sky—right now the sun,the clouds, a few seconds of light yellow. The deepest being being a longingto satisfy the longing for a solitude…

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  • The Haiku Masters of Japan drop in for a visit [by David Lehman]

    March 9, 2022

    Thanks to Bob Hass, I'mreading the haiku mastersof Japan — Basho, Buson and Issa —in one essential book: TheEssential Haiku, published by Ecco,with smart intro and usefulnotes by Mr. Hass. Examples follow.(Translators do not observestrict…

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  • The Haiku Masters of Japan drop in for a visit [by David Lehman]

    March 9, 2022

    Thanks to Bob Hass, I'mreading the haiku mastersof Japan — Basho, Buson and Issa —in one essential book: TheEssential Haiku, published by Ecco,with smart intro and usefulnotes by Mr. Hass. Examples follow.(Translators do not observestrict…

    Continue reading…

  • Vale Jordie Albiston [by Thomas Moody]

    March 9, 2022

    We were saddened to hear the news last weak of the death of Melbourne poet Jordie Albiston at the age of 60. One of Australia's most highly regarded contemporary poets, she will perhaps best…

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  • Vale Jordie Albiston [by Thomas Moody]

    March 9, 2022

    We were saddened to hear the news last weak of the death of Melbourne poet Jordie Albiston at the age of 60. One of Australia's most highly regarded contemporary poets, she will perhaps best…

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  • The New York School Diaspora (Part Twenty-Five): Mary Ruefle [by Angela Ball]

    March 8, 2022

    Müller and Me Wilhelm Müller, 1794-1827 I am an ordinary fauna, onewho can’t remember if a fifeis a rifle or a flute.After all, there’s strifeand fight in it,but on the other handit’s a short…

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