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Lola! Lola! Lola!
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Stemming from … Nowhere?
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No Heroes Need Apply
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Break, Blow, Burn: Camille Paglia Reads Forty-three of the World’s Best Poems
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Between Alpha and Omega: Some Observations on Poetry and Poetry’s Task in our Time
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Archival Culture(s)
July 22, 2024It is scarcely news that in a vast, pluralistic country like the United States, minorities should...
Borges: A Poet’s Quest for Simplicity
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The Weekly Listicle: Method In Our Movie Madness
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