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Breaking News: Art is Alive [by Andrei Codrescu]
Time is an arrow. It points forward, not back. To paraphrase Borges, certain metaphors are so evidently true they are no longer metaphors. “Life is a river,” for instance. If the arrow of time…
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A poem from “The Awl” [by Nuar Alsadir; posted by Mark Bibbins]
I'm very grateful to David Lehman and Stacey Harwood for the opportunity to feature poems from The Awl (RIP) here on the BAP blog. The Awl's poetry section had a great run—nine years!—and I'm…
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“Asphalt, Muscle & Bone” – Bill Hayward’s award winning film screening in competition 2/21/19 at the “North Europe International Film Festival – London”
On January 29, we gave you an early peek at Bill Hayward's award-winning film "Asphalt, Muscle & Bone." Here's another look:
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Rowan Ricardo Phillips on the Tennis Circuit [by David Lehman]
The Circuit: A Tennis Odyssey by Rowan Ricardo Philllips (Farrar, Straus & Giroux) effortlessly proves an important point and raises a fascinating question. The point is that a talented poet such as Mr. Phillips…
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Awl the way with Mark Bibbins
We're thrilled that Mark Bibbins will begin posting selections from the poems he published as the poetry editor of the now-shuttered "Awl" magazine. Mark is the author of four books of poems: Sky Lounge, which…
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“It Had to Be You” (music Isham Jones, lyrics Gus Kahn)
One of the top ten love songs in anybody's book; as sung by Dick Haymes and Helen Forrest) — DL
