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“When Charles Bukowski Met Bob Dylan”: A Contest
As we head into Labor Day weekend, we announce a new contest: "When Charles Bukowski Met Bob Dylan" With this as your title, write a maximum of 14 lines (verse) or 140 words…
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Andrea Bocelli sings “Granada” in 2017 (plus an encore)
Bocelli in 2017: Pavarotti gave it his best in 1995: and, not to be outdone, Juan Diego Florez: But let's let Lady Marlene have the last note tonight:
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An Introduction to John Tranter (Part 2) [by Thomas Moody]
This week I'd like to share three shorter poems by John Tranter. "The Moment of Waking" and "The Plane" are both from Tranter's 1970 debut collection Parallax, while "Balance" is from his sophomore outing Red Movie…
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An Introduction to John Tranter (Part 2) [by Thomas Moody]
This week I'd like to share three shorter poems by John Tranter. "The Moment of Waking" and "The Plane" are both from Tranter's 1970 debut collection Parallax, while "Balance" is from his sophomore outing Red Movie…
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W. H. Auden’s “September 1, 1939”
Here it is again: September 1, 1939, eighty-two years later. Can you picture Auden at The Dizzy Club, that "dive" on Fifty-Second Street, (aka Swing Street) on that terrible day when the Germans invaded…
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W. H. Auden’s “September 1, 1939”
Here it is again: September 1, 1939, eighty-two years later. Can you picture Auden at The Dizzy Club, that "dive" on Fifty-Second Street, (aka Swing Street) on that terrible day when the Germans invaded…
