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Austin

A recent contributor1 to the esteemed publication known as The Pequod speculated that Austin is, perhaps, the hub of all that is cultured and beautiful and good in the modern world. I would like to confirm that this is true, and also to state that I wholly support everyone moving to Austin. I think that […]

Check out Woody Allen

I recently watched a couple of Woody Allen’s movies.  Crimes and Misdemeanors and Annie Hall.  They’re quite good.  If you like the Cohen Brothers movies, then I imagine that you would also like Woody Allen’s movies. As Aeschylus says, “I speak to those who know” when I say that it was a great issue of the […]

Remember Remember the Twelfth of November

For that is the fast approaching (6 hrs!) date upon which Richard Wilbur will release his new work : Anterooms Check out the tenacious tetrameters of the title poem: https://www.newyorker.com/fiction/poetry/2009/01/05/090105po_poem_wilbur

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