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Chrstopher Beha on “Winning the Peace”
<<<If you’re worried that the election of a populist demagogue with no apparent respect for democratic or constitutional norms has put the United States on the road to fascism, bear in mind the defining…
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Amapola (arrangement Ennio Morriconi; with Jennffer Connolly & Elizabeth McGovern)
Now listen to this tenor, Juan Diego Florez: and now Doris Day with Les Brown and his band of renown: not to overlook the swing era classic:
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Who Is Your Ideal Audience? Are You Like Your Poems? (by Nin Andrews)
I need a handbook on how to market myself as a poet. And a cheat sheet for all those god-awful questions a poet has to answer about his or her work before a book…
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Next Line, Please: Impromptu [by Virginia Valenzuela]
Three cheers for David, a man who not only celebrates his birthday today, but who doesn't use his birthday as an excuse to not do any work. We're happy to celebrate with you by…
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The Birth of the Blues: Classic Sinatra (1952)
This is the definitive recording of a 1926 song by Ray Henderson, Lew Brown, and Buddy de Sylva. Notic what the singer does with the word "weird." Brilliant. — DL
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Here’s to Al Dubin, Lyricist, Born June 10 [by David Lehman]
On the daybefore my birthdayback in 1891Al Dubin cameinto being hewrote the wordsfor great songslike "We're inthe Money," whichGinger Rogers singsin Pig LatinEr'way in-hay the oney-may Er'way in-hay the oney-may Er'way ot-gay a-lay ot-lay…
