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Come Rain, Come Shine, This Time or Some Other: a perfect division of labor [by David Lehman]
On Valentine's Day, the day before Harold Arlen's birthday, the day after Eileen Farrell's birthday, listen to this song with Music by Harold ArlenLyrics by Johnny MercerVocals by Eileen FarrellInstrumentals by Leonard Bernstein then…
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Next Line, Please: Stanzaic Choreography [by Virginia Valenzuela]
"Stanzaic Choreography," a phrase coined by the witty Angela Ball, has been favorably chosen to describe the dance of words and ideas going on every week on the Next Line, Please column. And especially…
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WILLIS BARNSTONE DUET WITH JOHN KEATS [by Andrei Codrescu]
Barnstone & Codrescu in Prague 2003 At the age of 92, Willis Barnstone is a miracle. The translator of The Gnostic Bible (2003) and The New Covenant: Commonly Called The New Testament (2009), he has…
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Performing in confidence: CCN Ballet de Lorraine’s “Plaisirs inconnus” [by Tracy Danison]
undefined Karine frowned as, to hide her doubt, she looked down into her wine glass. The wine was white. This was after ten in the evening. As I see it, nightmare’s original recipe. She…
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“Memories of the Past at Red Cliff” [“Nian Nu Jiao” by Su Shi]
East flows the mighty river,Sweeping away the heroes of time past;This ancient rampart on its western shoreIs Zhou Yu's Red Cliff of three Kingdoms' fame;Here jagged boulders pound the clouds,Huge waves tear banks apart,And…
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“The Het” [by Thomas Moody]
Where was it one first heard of the truth?The universe. The field. The heart.The girl. The legs. The glass of wine on the table. The bedside lamp we turn offas we roll towards the…
