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Gertrude Stein’s & Alice B. Toklas’s poodle, Basket. Photograph by Man Ray.

Gertrude Stein’s & Alice B. Toklas’s poodle, Basket. Photograph by Man Ray.

jenbenka: oh yeah. thumbs up. or this by Tyrone Williams published in “c.c.” by Krupskaya

jenbenka:

oh yeah. thumbs up. or this by Tyrone Williams

published in “c.c.” by Krupskaya

Everyone has a birthday. Charles Reznikoff. <3

Everyone has a birthday. Charles Reznikoff. <3

Carl Sandburg on Ezra Pound.

Carl Sandburg on Ezra Pound.

(Source: poetryfoundation.org)

jenbenka: and fleeting. or this by Lyn Hejinian from “My Life” published by Sun and Moon Classics

jenbenka:

and fleeting. or this by Lyn Hejinian

from “My Life” published by Sun and Moon Classics

citylightsbooks: Ferlinghetti’s latest sign in City Lights’ window says it all.

citylightsbooks:

Ferlinghetti’s latest sign in City Lights’ window says it all.

Happy Birthday, Rita Dove.

Happy Birthday, Rita Dove.

Recommended reading.

Recommended reading.

(Source: serendipityproject.wordpress.com)

poetrysociety:

1 January 1845.
Letter from Elizabeth Barrett Browning to Robert.

(via donshare)

booksmatter: The epigraph of Junot Díaz’s new novel, This Is How You Lose Her, comes from Sandra Cisneros’s “One Last Poem for Richard” and is a knife into the meat of my poor damned sentimental heart.

booksmatter:

The epigraph of Junot Díaz’s new novel, This Is How You Lose Her, comes from Sandra Cisneros’s “One Last Poem for Richard” and is a knife into the meat of my poor damned sentimental heart.