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An Autobiography in Cookbooks II [by Stacey Harwood-Lehman]
During a recent attempt to cull my cookbook collection, I discovered an old volume of Cooking for One is Fun by Henry Louis Creel, the book that taught me how to cook for myself.…
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To Sleep [by John Keats]
O soft embalmer of the still midnight, Shutting, with careful fingers and benign, Our gloom-pleas'd eyes, embower'd from the light, Enshaded in forgetfulness divine: O soothest Sleep! if so it please thee, close In…
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“When we two parted . . .” [by Lord Byron]
When we two parted In silence and tears,Half broken-hearted To sever for years,Pale grew thy cheek and cold, Colder thy kiss;Truly that hour foretold Sorrow to this. The dew of the morning Sunk chill on my brow— It felt like…
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Kary Wayson: Pick of the Week [ed. Terence Winch]
________________________________________________________ More of the Same Even with my mouth on your thigh I want my mouth on your thigh. At the center bite of bread I want the whole loaf, toasted.…
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On Henry James’s Stories of Artists [by David Lehman]
<<< The long New England winter is finally thawing, and here at The Common, we’re gearing up to launch our newest print issue! Issue 29 is full of poetry and prose by both familiar…
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Good and giddy, arty and philosophical: “Tout Léger” at the Musée du Luxembourg [By Tracy Danison]
Niki de Saint Phalle, "Nana santé". Photo © 2024 Niki Charitable Art Foundation Musée du Luxembourg marketing describes Tous Léger ! Avec Niki de Saint Phalle, Yves Klein, Martial Raysse, Keith Haring… as “highlighting…
