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New York City: a separate sovereign nation?
Sound crazy? Maybe, but secession has been proposed several times over the years. In 1969, when writer Norman Mailer and columnist Jimmy Breslin ran for mayor and city council president on the Indepen… more →
Ephemeral New York
New York City: a separate sovereign nation?
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wildnewyork wrote 2 weeks ago: Sound crazy? Maybe, but secession has been proposed several times over the years. In 1969, when writ … more →
Poets & Writers' MFA Rankings and angry, starving, debt-shackled artists
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John Gilmore wrote 3 weeks ago: Seth Abramson has put an inordinate amount of work into compiling the best database of MFA (Master … more →
Walkin' about Wallabout
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wildnewyork wrote 3 weeks ago: Wallabout is either a dressed-up name for the gritty area abutting the Brooklyn Navy Yard and sliced … more →
Jack London: a hobo in City Hall Park
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wildnewyork wrote 1 month ago: Writer and San Francisco native Jack London is usually associated with California, the Pacific North … more →
The poems, the poets, the words.
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poietes wrote 1 month ago: Early Autumn (detail) by Qian Xuan (13th C., ink and colors on paper) “Thus moved, he wil … more →
In the cold October rain . . .
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poietes wrote 1 month ago: October Rain Here I stand—earth beneath my feet, sky above my head—rain pours down from the heavens, … more →
Mabel Dodge's bohemian salons in the Village
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wildnewyork wrote 1 month ago: Greenwich Village in the teens was a forward-thinking place, populated by artists and writers, anarc … more →
Lives of quiet desperation . . .
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poietes wrote 1 month ago: Carpe Diem “No matter what anybody tells you, words and ideas can change the world.” ~ … more →
Flash Fiction: Child's Play
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poietes wrote 1 month ago: Following My Muse Hey. I just wanted to mention that I got an honorable mention in my first Flash Fi … more →
Supersense: A Review (of sorts)
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poietes wrote 2 months ago: Supersense: U.S. Cover “Reading SuperSense is like having lunch with your favorite professor … more →
Hunger and hopelessness on the Bowery
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wildnewyork wrote 2 months ago: If New York had to nominate one street as its most rock-bottom skid row ever, it would probably have … more →
Greenwich Village's legendary Grapevine Tavern
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wildnewyork wrote 2 months ago: Back in the early to mid-19th century, when the Village really was a country village north of the ma … more →
"We convince by our presence." ~ Walt Whitman
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poietes wrote 2 months ago: Blue River, Henry County, Indiana by Julayne “Every moment of light and dark is a miracle.” ~ Walt … more →
"We come spinning out of nothingness, scattering stars like dust." ~ Rumi
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poietes wrote 2 months ago: “Thirst drove me down to the water where I drank the moon’s reflection.” ~ Rumi … more →
Loot
Eimear Ryan wrote 2 months ago: Fit in a quick charge around the Brooklyn Book Festival before work this morning. Bought me some sto … more →
Middle of the night muse
poietes wrote 2 months ago: This came to me in the night, and for once, instead of telling myself that I would remember in the … more →
"Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing is a field. I'll meet you there." ~ Rumi,
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poietes wrote 2 months ago: Pra Atchana: Calling the Earth to Witness (detail) “What the material world values does not s … more →
Homeschooling in colorology
daviyd wrote 2 months ago: I recieved a few emails questioning why I’ve taken this turn towards colorology and charts and … more →
