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Marilyn Monroe as Chanteuse [by David Lehman]
We don't think of her as a singer, but Marilyn Monroe (whose birthday it is) sang — and sang well. Unlike Rita Hayworth and Kim Novak in Pal Joey, Deborah Kerr in The King and I, Natalie…
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Marilyn Monroe’s Love of Poetry: Happy Birthday Marilyn! [by Heidi Seaborn]
“I love poetry and poets” ~Marilyn Monroe, 1962 So declared Marilyn Monroe on a list of notes she…
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The New York School Diaspora Part Three: Allison Campbell [by Angela Ball]
STENDHAL SYNDROME Ever wanted to make love to a work of art— die in the obscene smear of paint or a written passage where the protagonist stands on a Sears Tower diving boardbut then…
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“Girl Writing a Letter” [by Wlliam Carpenter]
A thief drives to the museum in his black van. The nightwatchman says Sorry, closed, you have to come back tomorrow.The thief sticks the point of his knife in the guard's ear.I haven't got…
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Naming of Parts [poem by Henry Reed]
Today we have naming of parts. Yesterday,We had daily cleaning. And tomorrow morning,We shall have what to do after firing. But to-day,Today we have naming of parts. Japonica.Glistens like coral in all of the…
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Marilyn Monroe, Poet [by Heidi Seaborn]
Tomorrow on June 1, Marilyn Monroe would have celebrated her 95th birthday. Even now, nearly sixty years after her death, she remains one of the world’s most iconic figures. We know that she continues…
