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7 Jul ’25
  • Christian Gullette reads from Coachella Elegy
  • john compton reads
  • Catullus 48 & 99: Juventius poems
  • Martine Bellen, Elaine Equi, and Patricia Spears Jones read at KGB
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In my words, May 13 – 19

Don Yorty12 years ago8 years ago09 mins

… I was looking through photographs, all in a mess, not looking for anything in particular, and found the one above taken, I think, around 1987. At first I thought it was Life Cafe, but the closer I looked I could see it was probably the east side of Ave B looking down toward Avenue…

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In my words, May 6 – 12

Don Yorty12 years ago8 years ago210 mins

… The photo above is Life Cafe, or what is left of Life Cafe, 10th Street and Avenue B, NYC. (Oh those were the days!) Confucius—or was it Lao Tzu?—said that we should never be too happy on a good day because a good day is often followed by a bad one, and we should…

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