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“The Day Was a Bargain” [by Ron Horning]
No matter how happy or comfortable I think I am in room 111,reading Flowers by the window, Playback stretched out in bed,or seated at the desk, near the ashtray on which a Lucky burns,typing notes from the steno…
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Next Line, Please: Hazards, Brawls, and the Value of Bad Titles, Tee Up! [by Virginia Valenzuela]
Last week on Next Line, Please we saw risks, perils, bad titles, and numbers on parade. Christine Rhein's “Occupational Hazards,” moves from one to 12 and back in the course of a work day: One coffee…
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Tommy Dorsey and Frank Sinatra Collaborate on “How About You” [on TD’s Birthday]
I like potato chips, moonlight, and motor trips. . .on TD's birthday ( November 27).
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An Interview with January Gill O’Neil (by Nin Andrews)
I had the honor of reading with January Gill O’Neil at Brookline Booksmith’s in Brookline, Mass. back in March 2010 when her first book had just been published. What a thrill it was! Afterwards…
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Barbara Stanwyck and “Witness to a Murder” [by David Lehman]
Witness to a Murder She saw a murder.She bought all the papers.She pocketed the murdered woman's earrings. She called the police.She smoked a cigarette.She told her story and was not believed.She deduced that the…
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Schiller and Other Poets in Marbach, Germany [by Tami Haaland]
On one of my last days in Germany, I went to Marbach, only a few minutes by train from where I was staying. I had considered it over the previous weeks because it was…
