by Kirby Congdon……. Stopping by this nationally known festival on the lawn in back of the Oldest House on Duval Street,
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Who were you, out there, furnishing our home, composing our music, writing our books, or you, strangers, anonymous, who first
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From a collection of war-time letters. Germany. Nurnberg, 1945 Dear Mother: What a day! I got up early and got
Read Moreby Kirby Congdon……. What motivates people to deliberately abuse another person, as in gang rape, or group denial of a
Read Moreby Kirby Congdon……. One may wonder if the Beat movement will have had an affect on the poets who followed
Read MoreBook Review by Kirby Congdon……. Don’t Read This Poetry Book by Edgardo Alvarado-Vazquez Key West, Fl: Seastory Press, 2016 www.seastorypress.com
Read Moreby Kirby Congdon……. In an essay, “A Few Questions for Poetry,” printed in The New York Times Book Review for the
Read Moreby Kirby Congdon……. This past week I went to a showing of Dick Moody’s paintings at the new Gildea Gallery
Read MoreWhat impressed me most about the poets of the Beat scene was their independence. Their need was not quite so
Read Moreby Kirby Congdon……. I first heard the word “hubris” in school when it described a hero in ancient literature who
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by Kirby Congdon……. Taking a second look at someone’s art work often helps you access it. I have had several looks
Read Moreby Kirby Congdon……. Al Markovitz and Mary Franke have produced the Summer 2016 issue of their Blue Collar Review Journal of
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Book Review by Kirby Congdon……. An advance copy of Darren Jones’ compendium, The Contemporary Art Gallery, Display, Power and Privilege,
Read MorePerspectives We know the room where we live and the window’s familiar view. Here is where a space, confirmed, is
Read MoreEach leaf that falls is its own monument for the life it had leaving a shadow’s shape, each edge enterred
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