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Hell(o) Young Losers: You, Too, Can Be Choosers [by David Lehman]
As a sort of aphoristic aphrodisiac, the multiple choice is a versatile form begs to be applied to subjects across the board. Let's start with hell. Oh, do not ask, "What is it?"…
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The New York School Diaspora (Part Fifteen): Ron Padgett [by Angela Ball]
Over There I have always assumed that my body would providereliable transportation to carry me through the dayand no I will not extend that metaphorand if you know what that meansyou’ll know what I…
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Terrance Hayes in Conversation with Alan Michael Parker: Syntax, Sound, and Sensation
In June, 2016, Terrance Hayes visited Florida to read and teach in the University of Tampa low-residency M.F.A. program. In the course of his presentation, he made a comment about syntax and sound that struck me as…
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Wanda Phipps: Pick of the Week [ed. Terence Winch]
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Morning Poem #27 I should have stayed here with the beautiful strong cold Corinna Mae I should have stayed here all those years ago with the known and familiar I shouldn't have…
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National ‘Caveman’ Day: A Look Back at “The Boys Next Door” [by Joe Lehman]
The philosopher Thomas Hobbes wrote that in a state of nature the life of man would be “solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.” Unlike Rousseau, who felt that man in his natural state was…
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The End of Summer–Tutti Frutti Tarts [by Barbara Hamby]
Summer is ending, but the impulse to pile on the fruit is almost irresistible. For Labor Day I made a Lemon Mascarpone tart with a combination of plums, blueberries, raspberries, and cherries. Right away…
