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Norwegian, 22, Takes World Chess Title Quoted here on Thursday, the date of Kavli's death: Herbert Mitgang's New York Times obituary of Cleanth Brooks— "The New Critics advocated close reading…
From a poem in today's previous post: "Thou art not August unless I make thee so." This, along with two obituaries in this evening's online New York Times , suggests…
From David Lavery's weblog today— It is? Then a check of the rest of the poem seems in order. In the poem, Stevens speaks of… The impossible possible philosophers'…
The Mitgang Menu Related material: This morning's 6 AM post and Wiener News. Update of 3:29 PM: From Herbert Mitgang's New York Times obituary of Cleanth Brooks— "The…
"The shaving razor's cold and it stings." The above image is from Ulysses “Seen,” adapted by Robert Berry from the novel by James Joyce.
Continued from 24 hours ago. "AA had no rules but many traditions (that were, in fact, rules). One of the most ironclad was that you never made a…
To commemorate a death on November 12th— Santeria at Pomona. See also November 12th in this journal as well as The Columbia Record Club.
(Continued) This morning's previous post concluded with a 1938 tune for entertainer Edward Frenkel. A more up-to-date musical offering: