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“Auguries” [by Sharon Mesmer]
Need answers to life's persistent questions? Then why not try . . . Ailuromancy — divination by the behavior of catsAlectryomancy — divination by chickenAmnimancy — divination by the membraneous sac of a newbornBibliomancy/Rhapsodomancy…
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Revisiting “D.A.R.Y.L.” [by Joe Lehman]
1985’s D.A.R.Y.L., directed by Simon Wincer (“Lonesome Dove” of TV) and starring past child actor Barrett Oliver (The Never Ending Story) is a film that could easily be called a Pinocchio story. That is…
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An Interview with Amy Gerstler [by Aspen Matis]
Amy Gerstler is a critically acclaimed writer of fiction, poetry, and journalism whose work has appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies, including The Paris Review and The Best American Poetry. Her 1990 book Bitter…
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The Course of a Particular [by Wallace Stevens]
Wallace Stevens (1952) The Course of a Particular Today the leaves cry, hanging on branches swept by wind,Yet the nothingness of winter becomes a little less.It is still full of icy shades and shapen…
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“The People of Yesteryear” [by Loren Goodman]
The People of Yesteryear The people of yesteryear were quiteRemarkable. Alexander the Great, forExample, I was surprised to see, hadNo arms, only one leg, and no head! Neither Dionysus nor AphroditeHad noses; though they…
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Met Percent: Week Twenty-Five [by Alec Bernstein]
Drauen and Preindre Inset: Phone, for Life Magazine, Anonymous, 1965.Center: Design for a Desk with Decorations from A Midsummer Night's Dream, G. Clark Stanton, 1851. It would be impossible to estimate, wandering around the…
