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Frank, Fred, and Elvis
ELVIS PRESLEY, FRANK SINATRA and FRED ASTAIRE at Nancy Sinatra's opening night party, which was also celebrating the closing night for Elvis, at the International Hotel in Las Vegas, in 1969. Elvis's bodyguard,…
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The Poet Who Never Was: Ern Malley [by David Lehman]
THE GREATEST literary hoax of the 20th century was concocted by a couple of Australian soldiers at their desks in the offices of the Victoria Barracks, land headquarters of the Australian army, on a…
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Interview with Tzimon Barto: Languages, Poetry and Education [by Lera Auerbach]
I am always fascinated by people who are masters of more than one profession. I interviewed Tzimon Barto for the Best American Poetry blog. His passions and knowledge run deep. Tzimon Barto speaks seven…
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Every Day Something Different Disappears [by Mitch Sisskind]
Notice fence made of plumbing pipes around the grass. This has also disappeared. furniture mart disappears harris school disappears pittsfield building disappears prudential building disappears buckingham fountain disappears temple sholom disappears 152 bus disappears 151…
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Two Poems by S. K. Kelen [introduced by Thomas Moody]
Last week, the UK’s Channel 5 television network announced that they were dropping the long-running Australian soap-opera Neighbours, putting the show’s future production in jeopardy. The program has been on the air for thirty-six…
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The New York School Diaspora (Part Twenty-Four): Collin Callahan [by Angela Ball]
Deerfield Crossing Sheet lightning pulses like blood vessels in the sky above the post office. It is Sunday empty. I caress the edgesof failed delivery in my pocket and continue on the acid-rain pocked…
