Hint: the fellow depicted on the cover of the book was born on July 20. From the archive; first posted June 19, 2012. And the editor in the hammock?
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Hint: the fellow depicted on the cover of the book was born on July 20. From the archive; first posted June 19, 2012. And the editor in the hammock?
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Author: The Best American Poetry
My mother’s plants flourished in our garden The azaleas and fragrant jasmine blossomed From their vulnerable transplanted state They prospered and assumed permanence With new roots and assured contours Like my mother I’ve learned to nurture And delight in the sight of new growth The post My Mother’s Plants | Stan Morrison appeared first on…
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“A pessimist is a man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it.” ““Kings are not born: they are made by artificial hallucination.” “If at age 20 you’re not a liberal you have no heart. If at age 40 you’re not a conservative you don’t have a brain.” “The greatest…
from THE FREE PRESS, May 1, 2024 https://www.thefp.com/p/lionel-shriver-pen-america-rewards ‘Real freedom of expression is too scary; we’d rather hide in a crowd whose keffiyeh-masked members all shout the same thing.’ (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) Lionel Shriver: PEN America Rewards Cowardice We live in a world where an organization established for the defense of free speech…
Border Clashes We stroll out of El Zocalo to find a world turning white with snow. Not more than an hour ago, or so it seems, it was still just a neighborhood of homemade heaps and small dark houses huddled against the single-digit skies of southwest Detroit. Kim plods to his Escort. I…