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Mona Molarsky was born in New York and has lived on the Upper West Side for many years. She’s written about city life--from potholes to poetry slams--for newspapers and national magazines.

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US Postal Service censors Adrienne Rich and Nancy Grossman book mailing

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Let us now observe Banned Books Week. As usual, the ironies abound. Recently, when the Michael Rosenfeld Gallery tried to mail out postcards for the...
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Natalie Merchant performs free at the Poets House grand opening

Singer Natalie Merchant and more than a dozen famous poets will celebrate the grand opening of the new Poets House in Battery Park City today....
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Review: Kandinsky paintings shine at the Guggenheim Museum

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If ever paintings at an exhibition looked like jewels in a jewel box, the Kandinskys at the new Guggenheim show are the ones. Circling up the...
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Today is Poem in Your Pocket Day

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Today is Poem in Your Pocket Day. Do you have a poem in your pocket? If not, you should find one right away. Otherwise, what will you do if a...
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At the Poets House Showcase you'll find Ryan Adams and James Dean... or at least their spirits

April is Poetry Month and in celebration Poets House has mounted the 17th annual showcase of poetry books and poetry-related texts. Whether...
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Nicholas Hughes, son of Sylvia Plath, commits suicide

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Nicholas Hughes, son of poets Sylvia Plath (1932-1963) and Ted Hughes (1930-1998) hanged himself on Monday, March 16th at his home in Alaska. He was...
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Book Culture hosts Manhattan Review reading on Friday night

Book Culture, one of my favorite Upper West Side bookstores, will be holding a reading on Friday to launch the winter issue of The Manhattan Review,...
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A Child's Christmas in Wales: searching for Dylan in New York

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Welsh poet Dylan Thomas was the bad boy from Swansea who never grew up. To the end of his short life, he loved smutty jokes and talked of sex with the...
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Bob Dylan and Thomas Hardy--secret soul mates?

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Are Bob Dylan and British poet and novelist Thomas Hardy secret soul mates? The Manhattan Review, one of New York City’s little magazines,...
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A Photo Scrapbook by Rudy Burckhardt & Edwin Denby at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

“Beautiful! Look at the patterns. They’re so HOT!” shouted a rumpled, red haired woman, right behind my left...
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