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Poems from the Cat Uprising From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of I Could Pee on This, Francesco Marciuliano, comes a lesson from cats in resistance. Cats are done with humans’ crap. For too long they have put up with baby talk, the humiliation of holiday costumes, and ... more >
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Spotlight on Jewish American Poets – Hanukkah begins this weekend, and My Poetic Side has a nice feature on Jewish American poets from the 19th – 21st centuries. The list is particularly noteworthy because it contains a number of female poets, including Emma Lazarus, Louise Gluck, and Alicia Ostriker, among others: ... more >
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EMILY DICKINSON’S SINGULAR SCRAP POETRY – A lovely meditation on Emily Dickinson’s habit of writing poems and pieces of poems on all sorts of paper items, including chocolate wrappers (genius). There is still a good deal of curiosity and speculation around Dickinson, and thinking about the relationship between the writing and ... more >
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Happy (U.S.) Thanksgiving to everyone who recognizes the holiday today! Given the recent U.S. Presidential election, and all of the international implications, we at Dear Author hope that all of you, whether or not you are celebrating Thanksgiving today, have a peaceful, happy weekend with family and friends. Book Excerpt: The ... more >
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How To Sell Nearly a Half-Million Copies of a Poetry Book – The success of Rupi Kaur’s poetry collection, Milk and Honey, initially self-published and then picked up by Andrews McMeel Publishing (AMP), is surprising on a number of levels. Especially since AMP has only been publishing poetry since 2013. And it’s poetry, ... more >
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POSTSCRIPT: ELIE WIESEL, 1928-2016 – There have been a lot of beautiful and moving tributes to Elie Wiesel, whose death at 87 has provided an opportunity to reflect on his invaluable work on the Holocaust and on unjust human suffering. This essay, from Hebrew University’s Bernard Avishai, contemplates the source of Wiesel’s “moral authority” ... more >
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