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“Last Laughs” [Tanya Larkin on Kenneth Koch’s “Collected Poems” & “Collected Fiction”]
from The Boston Review, January 01, 2007, The Collected Poems of Kenneth KochKenneth KochKnopf, $40 The Collected Fiction of Kenneth KochKenneth KochCoffee House Press, $18 Kenneth Koch once said of his early poems that…
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Kierkegaard: Master of Masks [an astrological profile by David Lehman]
Kierkegaard: Master of Masks [Soren Kierkegaard] Part OneLife as a Pseudonym Let’s say your name is Worry Churchyard [a literal translation of Soren Kierkegaard] . If there’s anything you need, it’s a pseudonym, and…
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The First-Line Contest [by David Lehman]
Everyone on the sonnet squad had to take the first line of a Shakespeare sonnet, change one word, and take it from there. For example, “The expense of spirits in a waste of…
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On Human Bondage: “Beyond Words” must needs a publisher [By Tracy Danison]
The Hamster of Covid-19 The image of the COVID-19 pandemic that endures for me is this adorable hamster clutching a “Free Kisses” sign in its tiny and clever forepaws while staring soulfully into the…
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NYSP :: IOU – David Beaudouin with Phyllis Rosenzweig NYSP :: IOU is a series devoted to exploring a single question: How has the New York School of Poetry (NYSP)—its aesthetics and shenanigans—influenced contemporary…
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“Wow, Whoa, & Ipso Facto” [by Mitch Sisskind]
Do you often say wow? Good!But when did you last say whoa?Whoa can be said instead of wowAnd you’ll get noticed with whoaSince nobody says whoa as muchAs wow. Also, either…
