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Author Archives: Don Yorty
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Patricia Spears Jones reads from The Devil’s Wife Considers
… A few Saturdays ago, I visited Patricia Spears Jones at her apartment in Brooklyn. She ordered BLTs on sourdough bread that were delicious. It had been a while so we spent some time catching up, talking about ourselves and … Continue reading
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Going Back to Work Again
… “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
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John Godfrey reads from Prettier Grit
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15 Summer Sonnets
… I’ve 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
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A Shout Out to Hanging Loose Press
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
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Herschel Silverman reads A Niftee Chickee Serenade
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Noel Quiñones reads from Orange
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Noel Quiñones & Family: Listen & Enjoy
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KGB: Miller, Bang & Silliman
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Visiting Valery Oisteanu
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