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Nickole Brown’s The Donkey Elegies
[A Review by Dante Di Stefano] The Donkey Elegies: An Essay in PoemsNickole BrownSibling Rivalry Press, 2020 Nickole Brown’s new chapbook, The Donkey Elegies: An Essay in Poems, continues the project she initiated in…
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An English “Plague Poem” [by Martin Stannard]
NOW My going is soft –But it feels heavy in places – A finch –Perhaps a chaff –Pops by to grace the day – Separation is a way of lifeFor some people I see…
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A Dispatch from “Journal of the Plague Year”: The Black Swan [by David Lehman]
I write in self-imposed isolation. The Corona virus that originated in Wuhan, China, and is spreading with the speed of a medieval plague, has mandated “social distancing,” a phrase now commonplace. In Wall Street…
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The Corona Virus holds a press conference (by Mitch Sisskind)
Virus: Good morning. I'll be glad to take a few questions. Reporter #1: What are you actually trying to accomplish? Virus: Well, there's a moment in The Possessed, the novel by Fyodor M. Dostoevsky,…
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Emerson on the poor and the “wicked dollar” (with a comment from Michael Schiavo)
A powerful and perhaps surprising moment in Emerson's great "Self-Reliance":<<<Then again, do not tell me, as a good man did today, of my obligation to put all poor men in good situations. Are they my poor?…
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Who is the real hero of “Citizen Kane”? (and other pressing questions) [by David Lehman]
1) Who is the real hero of "Citizen Kane"? a) Barry Kaneb) Marshall Will Kanec) Charles Foster Kaned) Xanadue) Captain Queeg Name the three other relevant movie titles implied by the choices. 2) St.…
