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An Interview with Dante Di Stefano (by Nin Andrews)
NA: Dante, I love your new book! I especially love the poem, "Reading Dostoyevsky at Seventeen" from last year’s Best American Poetry. Reading it, I imagined that you already were, at seventeen, in essence, a poet.…
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Mayakovsky’s “Cloud in Trousers” (excerpts) [translated by David Lehman]
Posted by LIT, excerpts from Mayakovsky's "Cloud in Trousers": as translated by David Lehman. From part one, for example: Hey!Gentlemen!You who,next to me,are rank amateursin the realmsof sacrilege,mischief,and mayhem —have you laid eyes onthe most…
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Much Depends on Dinner: The Mushroom Chronicles [by Barbara Hamby]
“All human history attests That happiness for man, – the hungry sinner! –Since Eve ate apples, much…
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D-Day Hero 45 Years Later [by Jamie Katz]
<<<As world leaders and assorted dignitaries join the throngs of grateful citizens and remembrance tourists in Normandy this year to commemorate the 75th anniversary of D-Day, one group in particular will command a special…
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In Praise of Dolores Gray, a great Gemini (born June 6) [by David Lehman]
On her birthday — D-Day — I'd like to praise Dolores Gray, who is dynamite in that underrated classic "It's Always Fair Weather," in which she sings "Thanks a Lot (But No Thanks)" (lyrics…
