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“The Night Ship” by Timothy Donnelly

By On October 14, 2010

Timothy Donnelly’s Twenty-seven Props for a Production of Eine Lebenszeit was published by Grove Press in 2003. He has been poetry editor of Boston Review since 1995. His poems have appeared in… Read More

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“Inside the Blues Whale” by Afaa Michael Weaver

By On October 13, 2010

Afaa Michael Weaver was born Michael S. Weaver and grew up in East Baltimore, the son of a beautician and a steelworker. He entered the University of Maryland–College Park at the age… Read More

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How do Film Trilogies Add Up? Have a Look at Dan Meth’s Visual Breakdown

By On October 12, 2010

"These are rated purely on my enjoyment level of each film and nothing else. Frankly, I’m surprised by how many sequels were better than the original. And I’m not surprised that the… Read More

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“To an Exit Sign” by Lynn Levin

By On October 12, 2010

Lynn Levin is the author of three collections of poems, Fair Creatures of an Hour (2009), Imaginarium (2005), and A Few Questions about Paradise (2000), both published by Loonfeather Press. Imaginarium… Read More

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“Sonnet 115” by John Berryman

By On October 11, 2010

John Berryman was born John Smith in McAlester, Oklahoma, in 1914. He received an undergraduate degree from Columbia College in 1936 and attended Cambridge University on a fellowship. He taught at Wayne… Read More

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“After Apple-picking” by Robert Frost

By On October 10, 2010

Robert Lee Frost (March 26, 1874 – January 29, 1963) was an American poet. He is highly regarded for his realistic depictions of rural life and his command of American colloquial speech.… Read More

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“Fortunate Ones” by Ernest Hilbert

By On October 10, 2010

You will inherit large sums of money (But someone dear to you will have to die first). You will travel far and see the wide world (And load yourself with debt; these… Read More

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“Autumn Begins in Martins Ferry, Ohio” by James Wright

By On October 8, 2010

James Arlington Wright (December 13, 1927 – March 25, 1980) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American poet. Wright first emerged on the literary scene in 1956 with The Green Wall, a collection of… Read More

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By On October 8, 2010

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“To the Film Industry in Crisis” by Frank O’Hara

By On October 7, 2010

Frank (Francis Russell) O'Hara was born on June 27, 1926, in Baltimore, Maryland. He grew up in Massachusetts, and later studied piano at the New England Conservatory in Boston from 1941 to… Read More

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Don Rickles, Dick Van Patten, and . . . Chuck Yeager?

By On October 4, 2010

E-Verser Ann sends in a list of people who had guest appearances on I Dream of Jeannie. It's a veritable Who's Who of the sit-com world. Can you believe this list? … Read More

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“AAA Vacation Guide” by Ernest Hilbert

By On October 2, 2010

“Philadelphia isn’t as bad as Philadelphians say it is.” – Action Philadelphia billboard on Interstate 95, photograph taken circa 1975 Paris in the Spring, Autumn in New York, Singers pair a city… Read More

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“Futuristic Movie Timeline” by Dan Meth

By On October 2, 2010

"No one really pays much attention to what year sci-fi movies take place. I thought it would be interesting to arrange some classic films about the future into chronological order and see… Read More

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A Kid Does 24 Varieties of English Accent, and then Amy Walker Kills with 21

By On October 2, 2010

He should probably shave, because he just can't grow facial hair, but he nails some great varities of English accent, as does the woman in the next video. … Read More

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“The Great Figure” by William Carlos Williams

By On October 1, 2010

William Carlos Williams has always been known as an experimenter, an innovator, a revolutionary figure in American poetry. Yet in comparison to artists of his own time who sought a new environment… Read More

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“A Note On Wyatt” by Kingsley Amis

By On September 30, 2010

Sir Kingsley William Amis, CBE (16 April 1922 – 22 October 1995) was an English novelist, poet, critic and teacher. He wrote more than 20 novels, six volumes of poetry, a… Read More

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“Wanting to Die” by Anne Sexton

By On September 29, 2010

Much of Anne Sexton's poetry is autobiographical and concentrates on her deeply personal feelings, especially anguish. In particular, many of her poems record her battles with mental illness. She spent many years… Read More

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“William James Still, Drowned in the Delaware River” by Ernest Hilbert

By On September 29, 2010

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“Thou Shalt Commit Adultery” by Ernest Hilbert

By On September 28, 2010

Exodus, 20:14 Blue pencil and red pen, fix what you can, But words are like ball bearings or beach sand: Once out of the pouch, you can’t hold them all. Something always… Read More

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“Sea Mouse” by Amy Clampitt

By On September 28, 2010

Amy Clampitt was born and brought up in New Providence, Iowa, graduated from Grinnell College, and from that time on lived mainly in New York City. Her first full-length collection of poems,… Read More

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“The name—of it—is ‘Autumn’—” by Emily Dickinson

By On September 27, 2010

Emily Elizabeth Dickinson (December 10, 1830 – May 15, 1886) was an American poet. Born in Amherst, Massachusetts, to a successful family with strong community ties, she lived a mostly introverted and… Read More

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Military Ranks of the “British Invasion”

By On September 26, 2010

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By On September 25, 2010

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By On September 23, 2010

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“Scary Movies” by Kim Addonizio

By On September 23, 2010

Kim Addonizio was born in Washington DC, the daughter of a former tennis champion and a sports writer. She attended college in San Francisco, earning both her BA and MA from San… Read More

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“Lamb” by Mark Wunderlich

By On September 22, 2010

Mark Wunderlich was born in 1968 in Winona, Minnesota and grew up in Fountain City, Wisconsin. He is the author of The Anchorage (UMass Press, 1999) which received the Lambda Literary… Read More

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“Battle Droid Mk. D2 (R2-D2)”: Steam Punk Star Wars!

By On September 21, 2010

Head over to Sillof's Workshop to see what Star Wars would look like if it took place in 1942! Thanks to my brother, Dave, for this one. … Read More

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“Andromeda Chained to the Rock” by Ernest Hilbert

By On September 20, 2010

Perseus, still on the lam, hoped to rest, But, of course, he came across an undressed Virgin, shadowed by a Kraken in the tide. Hoping to avoid another awkward test Of his… Read More

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“Sitting Down to Breakfast Alone” by Christian Wiman

By On September 20, 2010

Christian Wiman is an American poet and editor. He was born (1966) and raised in West Texas and is a graduate of Washington and Lee University. He has taught at Northwestern University,… Read More

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“On Leaving the Bachelorette Brunch” by Rachel Wetzsteon

By On September 17, 2010

Born in New York City, the daughter of editor Ross Wetzsteon (the name is pronounced "whetstone"), she graduated from Yale University in 1989, where she studied with Marie Borroff, and John Hollander.… Read More