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I’m still thinking about “Violette,” the fine French film I
I’m still thinking about “Violette,” the fine French film I watched the other day, following the recommendation of my friend here, Fung-Lin. It�...

I love the aesthetic, stormy interplay between Frank O’Hara and
I love the aesthetic, stormy interplay between Frank O’Hara and Jane Freilicher. Here is a favorite poem- one of many- that he wrote to her To Jan...

The Little Black Boy by William Blake My mother bore me in the
The Little Black Boy by William Blake My mother bore me in the southern wild, And I am black, but O! my soul is white; White as an angel is the Engli...

Blood By Naomi Shihab Nye “A true Arab knows how to catch a
Blood By Naomi Shihab Nye “A true Arab knows how to catch a fly in his hands,” my father would say. And he’d prove it, cupping the buzzer insta...

“Poetry” by Marianne Moore I, too, dislike it: there are
“Poetry” by Marianne Moore I, too, dislike it: there are things that are important beyond all this fiddle. Reading it, however, with a p...

An Irish Airman Foresees His Death W. B. Yeats I know that I
An Irish Airman Foresees His Death W. B. Yeats I know that I shall meet my fate Somewhere among the clouds above; Those that I fight I do not h...

Italo Calvino. Excerpt from If on a Winters Night a
Italo Calvino. Excerpt from If on a Winters Night a Traveller ... Lovers reading of each others bodies (of that concentrate of mind and body which lo...

Its mostly about him, tonight... Rhapsody on a Windy Night by
Its mostly about him, tonight... Rhapsody on a Windy Night by T. S. Eliot Twelve oclock. Along the reaches of the street Held in a lunar synthesis,...

Shana tova, wherever you are... Burning the Old Year By Naomi
Shana tova, wherever you are... Burning the Old Year By Naomi Shihab Nye Letters swallow themselves in seconds. Notes friends tied to the doorkno...