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Paul Bloom: The Case Against Empathy : The New Yorker

Mon, 13 May 2013 09:18:55 -0600

Paul Bloom: The Case Against Empathy : The New Yorker

Meanderings of Memory: An Oxford English Dictionary...

Mon, 06 May 2013 17:39:52 -0600

Meanderings of Memory: An Oxford English Dictionary Mystery : The New Yorker

Deutsche Grammophon - Rafal Blechacz

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 13:36:56 -0600

Deutsche Grammophon - Rafal Blechacz: Young Polish pianist Rafał Blechacz has been named winner of...

Ideale (Tosti) - Silviu Mihaila, Tenor (by Silviu Alexandru...

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 11:57:14 -0600

Ideale (Tosti) - Silviu Mihaila, Tenor (by Silviu Alexandru Mihaila)

aaknopf: Marge Piercy, now the author of eighteen collections...

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 14:20:58 -0600

aaknopf:

Marge Piercy, now the author of eighteen collections of poetry, on the balance we seek.

The level

A great balance hangs in the sky
and briefly on the black pan
and on the blue pan, the melon
of the moon and the blood orange
of the sun are symmetrical
like two unmatched eyes glowing
at us with one desire.

This is an instant’s equality,
a level that at once
starts to dip. In spring
the sun starts up its golden
engine earlier each dawn.
In fall, night soaks
its dye into the edges of day.

But now they hang, two bright
balls teasing us to balance
the halves of our brain, need
and will, gut and intellect,
you and me in an instant’s grace—
understanding no woman, even
Gaia, can always make it work.

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Future Shorts Distribution

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 22:44:04 -0600

Future Shorts Distribution

The National Digital Public Library Is Launched! by Robert Darnton | The New York Review of Books

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 16:22:09 -0600

The National Digital Public Library Is Launched! by Robert Darnton | The New York Review of Books

aaknopf: THE KNOPF POEM-A-DAY HAIKU WRITING CONTEST To...

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 10:07:00 -0600

aaknopf:

THE KNOPF POEM-A-DAY HAIKU WRITING CONTEST

To participate in Knopf’s Poem-a-Day haiku-writing contest, please submit at least one, but no more than five haiku to KnopfHaikuContest@gmail.com, including your email address so that we can contact you. We will share the winning verses on our website, Facebook, and Tumblr at the end of the month, and the winners will receive copies of David Young’s Moon Woke Me Up Nine Times: Selected Haiku of Basho, as well as one other recent Knopf poetry title.

Good luck, have fun, and thanks for participating!

The Adventures of Mr. Maximillian Bacchus and his Travelling Circus by Clive Barker: FREE eBook Edition (March 27 and 28)

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 16:41:33 -0600

The Adventures of Mr. Maximillian Bacchus and his Travelling Circus by Clive Barker: FREE eBook Edition (March 27 and 28)

Blood-Stained Laments

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 12:44:38 -0700

Blood-Stained Laments: This is my contest entry for a Sympathetic Villain. From Greek Mythology,...

Pianist Van Cliburn has died at 78

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 21:23:42 -0700

Pianist Van Cliburn has died at 78

WLT’s 75 Notable Translations 2012

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 21:52:45 -0700

WLT’s 75 Notable Translations 2012

“Pavane; or, A Mouthful of Bright Blue Prayers” by Mark...

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 21:48:46 -0700

“Pavane; or, A Mouthful of Bright Blue Prayers” by Mark Tredinnick

Editorial note: Adapted from Australia’s Wild Weather, copyright © 2011 by the National Library of Australia / text copyright © 2011 by Mark Tredinnick, by permission of the author and publisher.