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Leaving the Sea, by Ben Marcus, a review

Also in Sunday’s Minneapolis Star Tribune (along with my Doctorow review) was my review of Ben Marcus‘s new story collection, Leaving the Sea. Here’s the wonderful Harper’s article that I mention in the review.  (And if you doubt that it’s … Continue reading

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The Poetry of Donald Rumsfeld

Added August 12, 2015: In a wonderful rambling piece on inspiration by Joyce Carol Oates in the New York Review of Books, I came upon this rendering of Rumsfeld’s famous “unknowns” remarks by poet Hart Seely: More often found poetry … Continue reading

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