Best American Poetry- Two poems by Lee Upton from "The Day Every Day Is"POLITICAL AMBITION A pig swallowing an entire apple tree then sleeping under covers Politics must be hard You can’t step into the same politics twice I take off my boots When I try to put them back on they won’t let me Politics is wearing them now Politics can always step into a victim twice Here’s Pharaoh here’s a basket and inside the basket is the death […]
- Willis Reed, Legendary Center of the World Champion N. Y. Knicks, RIP [by Stacey Harwood-Lehman]Basketball great Willis Reed spoke about his literacy project. David was eager to get his predictions for the upcoming Knicks season. In 2003, then chairman of the NEA Dana Gioia, invited David to join him in Washington for the annual Washington Book Festival, hosted by Laura Bush. It was a great event. Dana had even arranged for David's mom Anne to com […]
- WEDNESDAYS WITH DENISE: March 22, 2023Did you ever wonder who your favorite poet would be if she weren’t a poet? A rock star maybe? Here’s Anne Waldman (part Debra Harry and part Madonna) in a music video from 1982! I first heard about this on my favorite podcast Breaking Form (hosted by James Allen Hall and Aaron Smith) and now I’m hooked. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHX-PU9SN8A And who c […]
- "It Might As Well Be Spring" [with Dick Haymes in 1972]Related StoriesShe Got Pinched in the Assss. . . tor Bar! [by Stacey Harwood]
- Two poems by Lee Upton from "The Day Every Day Is"
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Category Archives: Recommended Reading
Creative Blogger Nomination
Thanks so much to aayusi for nominating me for the Creative Blogger Award. It is this type of outreach, attention, and friendship that makes blogging so satisfying. Everyone should visit her site. There is a wonderfully positive energy to her … Continue reading
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Margo Lanagan
It is always exciting to discover a writer who has been active for a while and who has a voice that resonates with the way you like to read. I recently picked up a collection of short stories by Margo … Continue reading
Holiday Reading – Firmin
Now is one of those brief moments in the year when we avid readers can catch up on some long overdue literary indulgences. On my list now is a gem of a book that I thoroughly missed when it was … Continue reading
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The Prince of Mist
I’ve just finished The Prince of Mist by Carlos Ruiz Zafon. It is a charming YA novel filled with atmosphere and the ubiquitous tropes of many horror/thriller novels for kids: There is an old sunken ship, a lighthouse, sounds that … Continue reading
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Praise for Steampunk
Though the genre has been around for a while, evident in shows like “The Wild, Wild, West”, in novels by William Gibson, and even in the latest incarnation of Sherlock Holmes with Robert Downey Jr., steampunk has really come into … Continue reading
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Tagged fantasy, fiction, mark hodder, new fiction, steampunk
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Murmurs and Musings 