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  • Two Poems by Gig Ryan [Introduced by Thomas Moody]

    June 9, 2021

    Gig Ryan is probably best known for her much anthologised poem “If I Had a Gun,” which has acquired the status of a feminist anthem, as noted by the eminent Australian critic and publisher…

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  • An Interview with Adrienne Su [by Aspen Matis]

    June 8, 2021

    Adrienne Su is the author of five acclaimed poetry collections: Peach State, Living Quarters, Having None of It, Sanctuary, and Middle Kingdom. Her poems appear in many anthologies, including four volumes of The Best American Poetry. A recipient of a…

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  • Emily Dickinson’s “A Bird, came down the walk — “

    June 8, 2021

      A Bird, came down the Walk -  He did not know I saw – He bit an Angle Worm in halves  And ate the fellow, raw,    And then, he drank a Dew…

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  • The New York School Diaspora (Part Four): Barbara Hamby [by Angela Ball]

    June 8, 2021

                   Ode on My Prison This morning I read about a couple arrested       for selling hundreds of tickets to heaven which they said were made from…

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  • M. F. K. Fisher on the Martini

    June 7, 2021

      << The first Martini I ever drank was strictly medicinal, for threatened seasickness, and in spite of a loyal enjoyment of them which may be increasing in direct ratio to my dwindling selectivity…

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  • Dick Lourie: Pick of the Week [ed. Terence Winch]

    June 6, 2021

    ____________________________________________________________________________ Justice It’s been reported that when the Beatles were introduced to Steve Cropper—white genius of Black Memphis music—the four of them all stood as one and bowed from the waist: an   appropriate…

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