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  • “The Night I Finished Auden” [by Stephen Kampa, introduced by Mary Jo Salter]

    December 8, 2021

    In “The Night I Finished Auden,” Stephen Kampa pays tribute to a favorite poet [W. H. Auden, pictured left] in the most elegant way—by not just alluding to several of Auden’s poems but also…

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  • Two Poems by Luke Beesley [Introduced by Thomas Moody]

    December 8, 2021

    Luke Beesley is a Melbourne based writer, artist and songwriter, whose most recent collection of poetry, Aqua Spinach (2018), was shortlisted for the Australian Literary Society’s Gold Medal. Beesley’s poetry is interested in the…

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  • Two Poems by Luke Beesley [Introduced by Thomas Moody]

    December 8, 2021

    Luke Beesley is a Melbourne based writer, artist and songwriter, whose most recent collection of poetry, Aqua Spinach (2018), was shortlisted for the Australian Literary Society’s Gold Medal. Beesley’s poetry is interested in the…

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  • Gil Hodges is a Hall of Famer [by Greg Pattenaude]

    December 7, 2021

    On Sunday evening, longtime Brooklyn Dodgers first baseman and 1969 Mets manager Gil Hodges was elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame.  It has been a long journey for a player who retired in…

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  • Gil Hodges is a Hall of Famer [by Greg Pattenaude]

    December 7, 2021

    On Sunday evening, longtime Brooklyn Dodgers first baseman and 1969 Mets manager Gil Hodges was elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame.  It has been a long journey for a player who retired in…

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  • “Yes, You Can Say About Me” [by Stanley Moss]

    December 7, 2021

    "Yes, You Can Say About Me" (October 29, 2021) Yes, you can say about me:I loved grand opera, the blues, scat,oratorios, gospel, hymns, standards.I wrote American English.One afternoon, when I could have goneto a…

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