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Nice home, William.

Nice home, William.

Jack Kerouac. Cut from wood.  (by Loren Kantor)

Jack Kerouac. Cut from wood. 

(by Loren Kantor)

“There is occasional singing from the pitch-perfect void” New poetry comic by Bianca Stone in the new Brooklyn Rail

“There is occasional singing from the pitch-perfect void”

New poetry comic by Bianca Stone in the new Brooklyn Rail

smallpressdistribution: FRIENDS, THE FUTURE LOOKS BRIGHT™ February 2013: MOODS | Rachel B. Glaser | Factory Hollow Press

smallpressdistribution:

FRIENDS, THE FUTURE LOOKS BRIGHT™
February 2013: MOODS | Rachel B. Glaser | Factory Hollow Press

Incidentals in the Day World by Alice Notley. Birthday by Alice Notley: Nov. 8, 1945. Alice Notley >

Incidentals in the Day World by Alice Notley.

Birthday by Alice Notley: Nov. 8, 1945.

Alice Notley >

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Anne Waldman (re-)reads “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe.

Anne Waldman (re-)reads “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe.

What he has now to say is a long wonder the world can bear & be. Yes, it is John Berryman’s birthday. Woodcut by Jay Martin. 
What he has now to say is a long 
wonder the world can bear & be.

Yes, it is John Berryman’s birthday.

Woodcut by Jay Martin.

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by Mina Loy

by Mina Loy

Jorge Luis Borges’s complete Norton Lectures — delivered at Harvard between 1967 and 1968. 

Jorge Luis Borges’s complete Norton Lectures — delivered at Harvard between 1967 and 1968. 

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