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It's second generation, which emerged in the 1940's - Howard Nemerov, Randall Jarrell, Robert Lowell, Elizabeth Bishop, Delmore Schwartz, Richard Wilbur, Anthony Hecht, John Berryman, among many others - would fuse these techniques with...
The first comes from one of the great American novels, Dashiell Hammett's Red Harvest."I haven't laughed so much over anything since the hogs ate my kid brother." This isn't original to Hammett—I remember hearing it once or twice growing...
Time for another update from ESA’S Euclid Space Mission: the largest and most detailed photo ever made of our Galactic centre in visible light was taken by the Euclid mission. For just one day (23rd March 2025), Euclid turned its gaze...
Via Newspapers.comOn this blog, we’ve met mysterious Women in Black. Not to mention the occasional Women in White. So, who’s up for making the acquaintance of a Welsh Woman in Yellow? The “Bradford Weekly Telegraph,” February 18, 1905:A...
On this day (24 June) in 1724, Johann Sebastian Bach led the first performance of his Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam (“Christ our Lord came to the Jordan”, BWV 7), the third cantata of his chorale cantata cycle, at St. Nicholas Church...
Comics Curmudgeon readers! Do you love this blog and yearn for a novel written by its creator? Well, good news: Josh Fruhlinger's The Enthusiast is that novel! It's even about newspaper comic strips, partly. Check it out! B.C., 6/24/26...
There is a strand of thought out there that believes any and all legislation to do with seeds is evil and unnecesary. It is wrong. Here’s why. This is not the sunflower we were looking for This spring, The Squeeze, who delights in...
In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book. Previous contributors include Jesmyn Ward, Lauren Groff, Bret Easton Ellis, Celeste Ng, T.C. Boyle, Dana...
While my weekends are often filled with a cooking or baking project, for weekdays we usually keep things simple and Kristina Felix’s Easy Chicken Tacos have earned their spot in our regular rotation! I love a dish that’s ready in under...
[The Neville Morley of Earth 2 developed a brief stint as Faculty Education Director into a full-blown managerial career, rapidly progressing via Head of School and Dean to Pro-Vice Chancellor for Student Mollification. He then embarked...
Welcome to Secret Breakfast / The best place to start complaining because I can’t believe I’ve been banned from my own supermarket (okay, I’m not the owner, but you get the point)Hi there! What is a newsletter if not a digital space to...
By Matt GullettThe Long Con PressOSRLevels 1-2 The adventure starts in the rough-and-tumble port city of Warrenburg during the revels surrounding the imminent hanging of a notorious pirate. The Player characters are enlisted to explore...
one down, 3 to goThis was a wee bit difficult to get the notch measurement in the cross rail. Once I figured that out I whacked them out one at time.go/no/go stickThe rails were all about 1/8" over length and the stick was a slip fit...
Your website but inhabited. The web is full of content but empty of people. TownSquare brings a little presence back. Visitors can see each other, say a few words, and share the same space. No accounts. No algorithms. Just the present....