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Going Back to Work Again

3 Aug ’26
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… “Going Back to Work” I wrote when I was working in a lock & key factory in North Philadelphia around 1972 deciding whether I liked girls or boys or both and shooting a little bit of heroin like I … Continue reading →

John Godfrey reads from Prettier Grit

31 Jul ’26
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13 More Summer Sonnets

30 Jul ’26
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  I have been writing sonnets since 2003. The goal has been to write three hundred and sixty of them. Three hundred and sixty degrees are in a circle. There is something eternal about a circle. And I think of … Continue reading →

A Shout Out to Hanging Loose Press

29 Jul ’26
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  Last Saturday, after spending the early afternoon together, Patricia Spears Jones and I attended a poetry reading at GreenSpace@President Street in Brooklyn to celebrate the publication of Hanging Loose 119. Hanging Loose Press began in 1966, and has survived … Continue reading →

Herschel Silverman reads A Niftee Chickee Serenade

18 Jul ’26
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Noel Quiñones reads from Orange

3 Jun ’26
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Noel Quiñones & Family: Listen & Enjoy

17 May ’26
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KGB: Miller, Bang & Silliman

16 May ’26
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Visiting Valery Oisteanu

16 May ’26
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A Ridiculous Conversation: Agosto Machado & Tony Zanetta (with Penny Arcade)

16 May ’26
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April 10

12 Apr ’26
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Fucking and Other Poems

30 Mar ’26
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        Wonderful. Thanks, Don.

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        • 13 More Summer Sonnets
        • A Shout Out to Hanging Loose Press
        • Herschel Silverman reads A Niftee Chickee Serenade
        • Noel Quiñones reads from Orange
        • Noel Quiñones & Family: Listen & Enjoy
        • KGB: Miller, Bang & Silliman
        • Visiting Valery Oisteanu
        • A Ridiculous Conversation: Agosto Machado & Tony Zanetta (with Penny Arcade)

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