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Did you know that Evian spelled b… I myself was unaware of this fact… when John Ashbery, Marc Cohen, a… gave a poetry reading and I introd… to an audience that already knew t…

As I sit at my desk wishing I did not have to edit a book on poetry and painting a subject that fascinates me usually, but today is not as

(July 15) We know who the guards are in those POW movies with brutal

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700 francs will get you $109.91 on this muggy May afternoon which is good to know since I just found 700 francs in my wall… while Dinah Washington was singin…

Remember when Khrushchev said “We will bury you!” on the cover of Time I thought he was

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The longer I stare the lovelier you look in my eyes (so made such mirrors and spies) and I’m not don… yet as I enumerate the virtues of your smile, gracious in defeat,

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Nothing extends a phone call more effectively than saying you’re on your way out but she wants to tell you the five things she requires