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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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E-Verse Breaks 18,000 Unique Readers for the Month

By On September 25, 2010

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Just What You’ve Always Needed: U.S.A. Sitcom Map by Dan Meth

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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

Poetry

“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

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“At the round earth’s imagined corners (Holy Sonnet 7)” by John Donne

By On September 15, 2010

John Donne was born in 1572 in London, England. He is known as the founder of the Metaphysical Poets, a term created by Samuel Johnson, an eighteenth-century English essayist, poet, and philosopher.… Read More

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“New Criticism Literary Theory Book Title or Self-Aggrandizing Male Genital Nickname?” by Daniel Nester

By On September 14, 2010

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“Anna, Emma” by Deborah Warren

By On September 14, 2010

Deborah Warren's poems have appeared, or will appear, in America, The Atlanta Review, Commonweal, Cumberland Poetry Review, Edge City Review, The Formalist, Orbis, The Paris Review, Sparrow, and other journals. … Read More

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Sixty Sonnets Cameo at Santa Monica Book Fair

By On September 13, 2010

An E-Verse reader sent in this picture of Sixty Sonnets, which seems to have sneaked into the Santa Monica Book Fair to be seen with all the real books . . .… Read More

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“Vanishing Twin” by Catherine Tufariello

By On September 13, 2010

Catherine Tufariello's work has appeared in The Hudson Review, Poetry and Yale Italian Poetry (translations). She lives in Indiana, where she and her husband teach at Valparaiso University, with their daughter.… Read More

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Revival of the “Local” Crocodile Cults

By On September 12, 2010

My favorite object in the British Museum is one you’ve likely strolled past dozens or even hundreds of times without giving it the slightest notice. When one is confronted with colossal Sassanid… Read More

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“Poem before Sunrise” by Peter Campion

By On September 12, 2010

Peter Campion, Assistant Professor, received his B.A. from Dartmouth College, and his M.A. from Boston University. He's the author of two collections of poems, Other People (University of Chicago Press, 2005) and… Read More

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“Fight or Flight” by Ernest Hilbert

By On September 12, 2010

For a retired boxer Trekking city streets, I am mercury Tilting in glints down a vertical grid. I am as much an Iliadic As a cool Odyssean entity. I force my course,… Read More