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William Holden tells it like it is in the “Executive Suite” [by David Lehman]
"Is that what you want on your gravestone when you die — that you raised the dividend to three dollars or four or even five or six or seven?" William Holden in Executive Suite…
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In Praise of William Holden on His Birthday [by David Lehman]
Born in O'Fallon, Illinois, on April 17, 1918, William Franklin Beedle was the most energetic kid in his class. He was popular among the boys because he was a good teammate in sports. The…
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Grace Cavalieri Reviews “Playlist”
Grace Cavalieri reviews Playlist by David Lehman. University of Pittsburgh Press. 64 pages. <<<Lehman, already at the forefront of our literary culture, writes a music retrospective inspired by his friend, the late great poet A.R.…
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Three Poets from Press 53: Shivani Mehta, Kathleen McGookey, and Leona Sevick (by Nin Andrews)
Every now and then I wake up in serious need of a poetry fix. I feel a kind of angst, as if I don’t quite fit in my skin. Maybe I’ve had bad…
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I Will Wear My Wounds in Chapters: Six Chapbooks
To Those Who Were Our First GodsNickole BrownRattle, 2018 Nickole Brown’s To Those Who Were Our First Gods explores the profound links between human beings and our animal kin. In language both colloquial and…
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An Erotic Soundtrack for The Best American Erotic Poetry: The Movie [by Catherine Bowman]
A highly subjective list after looking over my CDs and albums. 1. All six tracks on the self-titled Johnny Hartman and John Coltrane album 2. “The Very Thought of You” as sung by…
