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RIP Stephen Dunn, 1939-2021 [by Howard Altmann]
Stephen Dunn passed away in June of this year. He was 82 and had suffered from Parkinson's. An exquisite and life-affirming Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, he took the ordinary and made it extraordinary. He moved…
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“The Two-Party System” [by Walter Carey]
The Republicans are likea drowning manwho pulls downhis rescuer thinkinghe's pulling him to safety and the Dems are likethe girl on the shorewho pulls downher boy-cut hipsterswhen no one's watching — Walter Carey
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“Bad Workshops” [by Alan Michael Parker]
In the Spring of 2013, I taught the worst undergraduate poetry workshop ever. The students were marvelous and curious and smart; the writing distinctive; the books were scintillating; the visiting poets I brought wow,…
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Robert Pinsky: Pick of the Week [ed. Terence Winch]
Robert Pinsky, 2019. Photo ©Eric Antoniou. __________________________________________________________________________ Poem with Lines in Any Order Sonny said Then he shouldn’t have given Molly the…
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Homage to Irving Berlin
with thanks to Rick WinstonAnd if you can, listen to Bruce Adolphe and Fred Child on NPR's "Great Performances": they may just take a Berlin standard ("Cheek to Chek," say) and have it performed…
