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  • “STOP Window” [by Susan Gunter]

    April 22, 2020

      Susan E. Gunter is a professor, Henry James scholar, poet, and watercolor artist. She began painting eight years ago, working from her own photographs and using just three colors: Windsor blue, alizarin crimson,…

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  • Squibs 409-411 [by Alan Ziegler]

    April 21, 2020

    409: Most Sundays of my father’s final year, I take the 4:05 train to Lynbrook. For a couple of weeks in the spring and fall, the landscape glows, a suburban Hopper, and darkness settles as…

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  • “Pepys in the Time of Plague” (part I of III) [by Thomas Moody]

    April 21, 2020

    “But Lord! What a sad time it is to see no boats upon the River; and grass grows all up and down White Hall court, and nobody but poor wretches in the streets!”  —…

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  • Molly’s Dream #2 [by Molly Arden]

    April 20, 2020

    Molly Arden dreamt that she was living in a city she didn't recognize, it was either Morgentown in West Virginia, or Reno, Nevada. A fast, cold river ran through it. From a stone bridge…

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  • Three Book Recommendations for National Poetry Month, 2020

    April 20, 2020

    The Banished Immortal: A Life of Li BaiHa JinPantheon Books, 2019 Ha Jin’s biography of Li Bai (formerly known as Li Po and Rihaku in the west) provides a vivid survey of the great…

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  • Fashion and Beauty with Poetess Vinny: Virtual Event VIP [by Virginia Valenzuela]

    April 19, 2020

    Is it just me, or is everyone getting invited to dozens of events via Zoom? One of the most popular platforms for class and work meetings, Zoom has also taken off in the world…

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