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Communist China’s gains since 1996: possession of the second largest economy and third largest military capability on the planet.
George Washington was born on February 11, 1732 in Virginia. February 22nd, you say?
Nobody wins.
Three spellings for such a short Place is weird.
The poem “My Opera”—which could be translated as “my work”—contains maybe the best description of Addonizio's writing.
Triumph in the room of redemption for struggling actor Bennington Quibbits.
Shivering in Portland, OR.
Most automobiles can’t travel on 14th St. except for local traffic between six a.m. to 10 p.m. I decided to check things out.
Today's best fiction is coming out via small independent publishers, like newcomer Rejection Letters Press.
Every street in Manhattan that runs for one, and only one, block.
Today’s Canarsie Line was 66 years in the making, between 1865 and 1931.
The old forms are dead. There’s only this moment; you realize you’ve already been there.
The new novel by Elizabeth Ellen has already created a stir.
It's hard for anyone who considers the poetic life.
Among the great thinkers, you can't throw a brick without hitting a would-be dictator.
Keystone s.f. classic heavily faulted.
That was a time!
What do you remember?
I jump out of bed, screaming like a banshee.
Remembering the summer of '96 and the man I met in a storm.
One Simple Idea.
A compilation of appearances by writers on the talk show.
The actor and director talks about his new memoir The Friday Afternoon Club on CBS Sunday Morning.
The author on his retrospective anthology The Time of Our Time.
The prolific author talks to Brace Belden and Liz Franczak about grief, compounds, our horrid present, and helping other people.
The late author talks about short fiction, his disinterest in writing, and his distrust of computers.
The author talks about his novel The Ground Beneath Her Feet.
I’ll skip St. Louis, but never Chicago. What year is it (#489)?
The late English author appears on this French talk show (speaking French), with English subtitles.
No bloodbaths allowed! Celebrate the humble huaraches. What year is it (#485)?
