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Michael Friedman, 1960-2020 [by Roger Gilbert]
Poet, novelist, editor, and lawyer Michael Friedman died of cancer on May 5 in Denver. In the literary world Michael was best known as the editor and publisher of Shiny, which Ron Silliman in…
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“Psalm 94” [by Laurance Wieder]
Up, up, and show yourselfThe judge of people doing what they want, Saying what they will and damnThe consequences. “Nothing follows, meaning’s Deader than the children …
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“Bikini Waxes and Taxes” [by Beth Gylys]
You don’t want to head to Floridawith a Chewbacca crotch,nor for Congress to passa tax cut for the rich. Terrifying thoughts: tuftsweaseling out the edgesof your bathing suit, billionaireswith blond wives posingbehind placards of…
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On Poetry Hoaxes [by Rebecca Warner]
<<<"One of the two poems below is by a highly respected contemporary poet," wrote John Ashbery on an exam for MFA students at Brooklyn College. "The other is a hoax originally published to spoof…
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Vic Damone’s Breakout Hit (Al Martino sings it at Connie’s wedding)
Here's to you, Vito Farinola, on your birthday (June 12). "I Have But One Heart" was Vic Damone's breakout hit. Al Martino playing Johnny Fontaine sings it at Connie Corleone's wedding in The Godfather.…
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June 11 [by David Lehman]
It's my birthday I've got an empty stomach and the desire to be lazy in the hammock and maybe go for a cool swim on a hot day with the trombone in Sinatra's "I've…
