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Adrienne Rich (1929-2012): For The Dead
I dreamed I called you on the telephone to say: Be kinder to yourself but you were sick and would not answer The waste of my love goes on this way trying to save you from yourself I have always wondered about the left-over energy, the way water goes rushing down a hill long after […]
Book review: Left-Handed: Poems by Jonathan Galassi
March 20, 2012
In my New York Journal of Books review I compare Jonathan Galassi’s new book Left-Handed: Poems to the movie Beginners and recommend it “to all poetry lovers and to all readers who find they must radically change their lives in order to live more authentically.” via examiner.com New York Journal of Books In the movie Beginners Christopher Plumber plays a man […]
My Gene Ring via connectmydna.com
March 14, 2012
My dad’s ancestors immigrated to the USA from Lithuania, my mom’s from Belarus, and my DNA most closely resembles that of people from Poland: Your Top 10 Genetic Matches:1. Poland 2. Hungary 3. Ireland 4. Spain 5. Macedonia6. Slovenia 7. Brazil 8. Belarus 9. Croatia 10. Pakistan
Book review: I Hadn’t Understood
March 5, 2012
Will Europa Editions’ newly published English translation of Italian writer Diego De Silva‘s comic novel I Hadn’t Understood appeal to Jewish New Yorkers? In my New York Journal of Books review I compare Mr. De Silva’s sense of humor to those of Woody Allen and Philip Roth. Read the review and then the book and decide for yourself. via the late examiner.com
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