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Tim Seibles on Writing in the Trump Era [by Nin Andrews]
NA: In this era of Trump and the Republican stranglehold on truth, I have been having a hard time writing, or even thinking about writing. I feel helpless when I read the news or…
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Happy Birthday Mr. B. “I didn’t train her, she trained me!”
Born January 22, 1904. Choreographer George Balanchine with Mourka. Photo © Martha Swope.
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What’s Your Favorite Stock? [by Isaac Babylon]
From time to time we get a financial market report from one of our friends on the Street. I asked Ike Babylon whether he thinks the market is overpriced at the moment. I also…
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The House Guest [by Molly Arden]
House Guest The sad seamstress who stays with us this month is small and thin and bitter. No one can cheer her up. Give her a dress, a drink, roast chicken, or fried fish…
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Wonders never cease: François de Brauer’s “La Loi des prodiges”, a performed graphic novel [by Tracy Danison]
François de Brauer, La Loi des prodiges (ou la Réforme Goutard) © Victor Tonelli I heard on the radio that a bartender in New York has proposed clarity & truth as 2020’s watchword. Sounds…
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Emily Dickinson’s Atom Bomb Letters [by Jennifer Michael Hecht]
Dearest Darlingest Bleaders, How I have missed you. And what obstacles I have had to defeat in order to at last rearrive here, panting, on the grass. Well, but, I’ve had mental adventures of…
