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Perfection Wasted [by John Updike]
And another regrettable thing about deathis the ceasing of your own brand of magic,which took a whole life to develop and market —the quips, the witticisms, the slantadjusted to a few, those loved ones…
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Letters and Comments from All Over: an End of Summer Special
<<< On August 10, 2021, Barbara Lemon said: I was very interested and studied "New Trilling Essay the Talk of the Town" at my leisure. To be honest, I really liked it. In fact…
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Letters and Comments from All Over: an End of Summer Special
<<< On August 10, 2021, Barbara Lemon said: I was very interested and studied "New Trilling Essay the Talk of the Town" at my leisure. To be honest, I really liked it. In fact…
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“Picnic” on Labor Day [by David Lehman]
<< Hal Carter (William Holden), a football star in college and a failure at everything since, hops off a freight train with nothing but the ragged shirt on his back. He arrives at a…
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“Picnic” on Labor Day [by David Lehman]
<< Hal Carter (William Holden), a football star in college and a failure at everything since, hops off a freight train with nothing but the ragged shirt on his back. He arrives at a…
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Songs in Minor Keys [by Lera Auerbach]
Leitmotifs [Photo by Lera Auerbach] Every day I give birthto my death. Each death is different.They flutter around like moths.I find them in dusty corners, in drawers,or trapped in the spider webshanging from the…
