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  • PARIS PERFORMANCE AGENDA MAY 2019 [by Tracy Danison] 

    May 16, 2019

    Paris Performance Calendar is a work-in-progress “dance syllabus”, complemented by essays, articles and interviews from The Best American Poetry and other publications.  PERFORMANCES & CREATORS TO LOOK FOR ON THE ROAD TO SUMMER 2019 [by…

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  • My Body, Take and Eat (or Sermon on the Mound) [by Jill Alexander Essbaum]

    May 10, 2019

    But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. Genesis 2: 17 (A disclaimer:…

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  • a poem from The Awl by Brandon Amico [posted by Mark Bibbins]

    May 10, 2019

    This poem is at least as relevant today as it was when Brandon wrote it three years ago, alas. [—M.B.]   “A New Gun Folds Up to Look Just Like a Smartphone”         …

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  • Forsooth — I have no idea what forsooth means — [by Janice Erlbaum]

    May 9, 2019

    Well, now I do, because I looked it up, and it's an archaic term for "in truth." Another handy fact I learned during this very poetic week, during which I've been blogging here at…

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  • From Summertime into Fall: dance, performance and… hip hop [by Tracy Danison]

    May 8, 2019

    PhotoCourtesy©Printempsdeladansearabe “Soyons fous” by the Comorese-French hip-hop group Cie Tché-za combines traditional African dance, modern, contemporary and urban dance performance to tell a political tale for liberty, equality and solidarity … Saburo Teshigawara closes…

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  • Is Your Roof Next? [by Katie Peyton]

    May 7, 2019

      This is a shark on a house.   It follows the time honored tradition of shark art, and art on top of houses.   It’s a statement against dropping shit from the sky.…

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