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From Pity to Wisdom to Coercion [by Lionel Trilling]
<<< Some paradox of our natures leads us, when once we have made our fellow men the objects of our enlightened interest, to go on to make them the object of our pity, then…
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“To the Bobbydazzlers” by John Forbes [Introduced by Thomas Moody]
Tough day to be thinking about poetry, let alone Australian poetry. Luckily, John Forbes has a poem for just about every occasion. To the Bobbydazzlers American poets!you have savedAmerica fromits reputationif not…
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Remembering James Liddy [by Terence Winch]
Today, on the 16th anniversary of his death, I am thinking of my dear friend James Liddy. He was born and raised in Ireland (though his mother was born in New York), but spent…
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Charlie Simic’s BAP
Launch reading for BAP 1992: Pictured are Charles Simic, David Lehman,.Jonathan Aaron, Lynda Hull, Rosanna Warren. Hull and Simic are in the second photo. We chose a Joserph Cornell box for the book's cover…
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The New York School Diaspora (Part Eighty): Michael Robins [by Angela Ball]
Called Back Before she crossed the quarter mile between the homestead & town cemetery, Emily Dickinson helped plan her own funeral. “Everything was white,” one biography reports: white ribbons & textile handles, flannel for…
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Victoria Kennefick: Pick of the Week [ed. Terence Winch]
_______________________________________________________________________ Deposition I love you the way waves love cliffs. They fling lace skirts against rock, can-can kicks rush the top, fall back down; froth clings—a kiss. Sometimes they wash worn…
