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Eamonn Wall: Pick of the Week [ed. Terence Winch]
Eamonn Wall. Photo by August Jennewein ____________________________________________________________________________ The Grassy Garbage of Inwood If anyone walks through here from out of town…
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“Fallen Angel” [by Madeleine Freitag]
1. The angelic guest wields his gun, the crowd applauds,and no one knows where he came from or what he has doneto merit the praise of the world and the souls of men.Nor is…
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Two Poems by Dante Di Stefano
Dante Di Stefano's "Reading Dostoyevsky at Seventeen" was chosen by Dana Gioia for The Best American Poetry 2018. "Exodus," the second poem here, is of the same vintage. — DL Reading Dostoyevsky at Seventeen…
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“Mystery and Solitude in Topeka” [by Mark Strand]
Afternoon darkens into evening. A man falls deeper and deeper into the slow spiral of sleep, into the drift of it, the length of it, through what feels like mist, and comes at last…
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“Choose life. . .” [by Laurance Wieder]
from "You Stand" If history is proof or an examplewe stand in the hard place, inscribed and sealed. The statement “If I die” is never true.Both truth and mystery require “when.” Why…
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No Longer My Own [by Lera Auerbach]
No Longer My Own – Ink on Paper by Lera Auerbach Some books matter only for the future-books hiding in them. Books with strong plots offer safe captivity, allowing us to hide. Books without…
