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Kenneth Koch at 100: A Celebration [by Mindy Aloff]
Left to Right: Kenneth Koch, David Lehman, John Ashbery (photo © Stacey Lehman) On St. Patrick’s Day, The New School and Library of America put on “Kenneth Koch at 100: A Celebration.” The program…
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THE MOODY TEMPLE and A HUM-DRUM NOT KNOWING [by John Hennessy]
SIFNOS (c) IAN MACLELLAN Psalm on Sifnos By Stephen Yenser One does not want, O Lord, to heapUp by still watersOf words a cairnBut hopes to attendA small covertOf tamariskWhose leaves saltyYet featheryWill shed…
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The Poet, Amy Woolard (by Nin Andrews)
Every now and then, I come across a poet who makes my jaw drop, my heart skip a beat–my mind, too. A poet who surprises me line after line, poem after poem. They are…
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“Sex with a Famous Poet” [by Denise Duhamel]
Sex with a Famous Poet I had sex with a famous poet last night and when I rolled over and found myself beside him I shuddered because I was married to someone else,…
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3 Poems from “A Few Comments Regarding the Makers” [by George Bradley]
A FEW COMMENTS REGARDING THE MAKERS Richard Adopted by childless parents, Richard knew nothing of his blood relatives or genetic inheritance, so that his extraordinary mind was an anonymous anomaly bestowed by an agency. …
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The Latest Gossip: True or False
Which of these statements, lifted from a newspaper, is true? The New Yorker has parted ways with its art critic (Jackson Arn) after the Condé Nast-owned magazine received complaints that he behaved dishonorably and…
