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“The Pineapple of Success” [by Mitch Sisskind]
He reached the pinnacle of successBut the pineapple of success stillEscaped him. So what exactly wasThe elusive pineapple of success?There seemed to be no answer untilHe saw how the pineapple of successWas…
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Ajanaé Dawkins: Pick of the Week [ed. Terence Winch]
________________________________________________________________________________________ Happy Hour with My Mother “Grown don’t mean nothing to a mother. A child is a child. They get bigger, older, but grown? What’s that supposed to mean?” – Toni Morrison I…
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The Maritime Escape
Name the author and the book: “Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin…
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On Ellington, Mercer, Dylan [by Mark Steyn]
This is from Mark Steyn in The New Criterion in 1994: <<< Martha Bayles holds out till page 20 [of her book Hole in Our Soul ] of her book before slyly sidling into pop culture’s…
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“Romulus and Remus”: in honor of Paul Violi [by David Lehman]
Romulus and Remus Look for Remus in the index of a bookAnd you are bound to get “See Romulus“Which is perfectly logical but makes me wonderAbout indexes, or indices, and why I prefer the…
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If you love parodies. . .
The lover of parodies, convinced that an expert aping of someone else's distinctive style conveys not only a chortle or belly laugh at that poet's expense but a deep respect for that writer as…
