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THE GOLDBERG VARIATIONS 1. My college girlfriend betrayed me
THE GOLDBERG VARIATIONS 1. My college girlfriend betrayed me (this was many years ago) with a guy we all recognized from a distance at our huge, urban...

In the following pages, I shall demonstrate that there is a
In the following pages, I shall demonstrate that there is a psychological technique which makes it possible to interpret dreams, and that on the appli...

Today is the birthday of Woodrow Wilson — aka Woody — Guthrie,
Today is the birthday of Woodrow Wilson — aka Woody — Guthrie, born in Okemah, Oklahoma (1912). Woody Guthrie never finished high school, but he s...

On this date in 1937, SPAM was unveiled by Hormel Foods. It is
On this date in 1937, SPAM was unveiled by Hormel Foods. It is precooked pork and ham in a can, with a little potato starch, salt, and sugar. Sodium n...

Russell Banks was born on this day in 1940, and Nelson Algren was
Russell Banks was born on this day in 1940, and Nelson Algren was born on this day in 1909. In his Foreward to a recent edition of Algren’s Take a W...

Ovid was born on this day in 43 BC. The excerpt below is from
Ovid was born on this day in 43 BC. The excerpt below is from Tales From Ovid, Ted Hughes’s highly-praised 1997 translation. He lay, like a fallen...

I myself spent nine years in an insane asylum and I never had the
I myself spent nine years in an insane asylum and I never had the obsession of suicide, but I know that each conversation with a psychiatrist, every m...

A POEM BEGINNING WITH A LINE BY JOHN SYNGE “If the mitered
A POEM BEGINNING WITH A LINE BY JOHN SYNGE “If the mitered bishops seen you that time, they’d be the like of the holy prophets, I’m thinking, t...

The sun lit the sea-town, not as a whole, from topmost
The sun lit the sea-town, not as a whole, from topmost downreproving zinc-roofed chapel to empty-but-for-rats-and-whispers grey warehouse on the harbo...