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“Sprezzatura” [by Robert Hass]
Eugenio Montale asked me if there was an American wordfor sprezzatura, particularly with respect to poetry.In respetto di poesia, he said. And I said yes, in AmericanWe call it ‘moose’ and mentioned several poets,Frank O‘Hara among them,…
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from “Grand & Ogden Auto Parts” 2 (by Mitch Sisskind)
The Secret Gas Cap How strange and wonderful the left tail light Of a '52 Cadillac was, how to fill the gas tank One pushed a round reflecting button and The fixture elevated…
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Published Today: Nin Andrews’s “The Last Orgasm”
Nin Andrews, a regular contributor to this blog, whose poems have appeared in four editions of The Best American Poetry, has brilliantly extended the conceit she introduced in her Book of Orgasms, first published…
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“A Manly Response to Disease”: Susan Gubar on “One Hundred Autobiographies”
photo © Stacey Lehman <<<While learning this spring that the coronavirus was taking a disproportionate toll on men, I was reading David Lehman’s account of his bladder cancer, a disease that also disproportionately afflicts men.…
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Poem in the Manner of the 1960s [by David Lehman]
Poem in the Manner of the 1960s Naked women are the bestYou meet them in corn fields and meadows They are naked and the moon is silverand it is summer with a bounty of…
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“Don’t Ask Me About My Business. . .” [by Mitch Sisskind]
A dream project of mine is to write a literary biography of Mario Puzo. I admire him as a great writer in a very special category that includes Dumas (in both his life and…
