‘Word’ Category
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Fine Contemporary Poetry from Mark Doty
Comments Off on Fine Contemporary Poetry from Mark DotyApril 15, 2012 by Admin
My wife (the poet) and I have been twice to the spectacular Dodge Poetry Festival in New Jersey. It is …
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Enjoyable Nonsense – Dada’s Greatest Hit
Comments Off on Enjoyable Nonsense – Dada’s Greatest HitApril 13, 2012 by Admin
One of my favorite pieces of verbal nonsense/art is Kurt Schwitters’ Ursonate. First uttered/sung/chattered/rattled off in 1932, I think it …
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Bill Cosby’s Career as a Drummer
Comments Off on Bill Cosby’s Career as a DrummerApril 1, 2012 by Admin
Bill Cosby tells a very funny story about his work with the some jazz greats. From the old Dick Cavett …
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Poet’s Corner: William Carlos Williams
Comments Off on Poet’s Corner: William Carlos WilliamsMarch 25, 2012 by Admin
by Lisa James March 2012 This profile was taken from an ongoing series of talks about notable poets of the …
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Alan Zweibel – The Other Shulman
Comments Off on Alan Zweibel – The Other ShulmanMarch 17, 2012 by Admin
Comedy writer Alan Zweibel reads from his novel The Other Shulman on the David Letterman Show. Great storytelling.
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Two from Samuel Beckett
1March 10, 2012 by Admin
Billie Whitelaw’s performance of Samuel Beckett’s Not I has to be one of the most remarkable things I’ve ever seen …
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Two from J.G. Ballard – Concrete Island and High-Rise
Comments Off on Two from J.G. Ballard – Concrete Island and High-RiseMarch 4, 2012 by Admin
I recently read Concrete Island and High-Rise, both by the late British writer J.G. Ballard. That’s him above. Each was …
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Poet’s Corner: William Wordsworth
Comments Off on Poet’s Corner: William WordsworthFebruary 26, 2012 by Admin
by Lisa James February 2012 This profile was taken from an ongoing series of talks about notable poets of the …
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Book Review – Boomerang – Travels in the New Third World by Michael Lewis
Comments Off on Book Review – Boomerang – Travels in the New Third World by Michael LewisFebruary 11, 2012 by Admin
I recently finished reading and strongly recommend Michael Lewis’s informative, well written and immensely entertaining Boomerang – Travels in the …
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