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Cruel But Hilarious Review

The NMS (New Musical Express) review of “Wuthering Heights” by Kate Bush: The English singer has “a voice not unlike that of a newly neutered cat letting the world know of its predicament.”

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What Poetry Is And Does

“Poetry will not be rushed, is multifaceted, can be plain or mysterious, looks beneath surfaces, ponders things grand and mundane, finds and expresses itself in rhythms and cadences, quickens the imagination, seeks to please the eye and the ear and … Continue reading

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Martin Amis on Donald Trump

Trump’s defining asset is “a crocodilian nose for inert or moribund prey…Trump can sense when an entity is no longer strong enough or lithe enough to escape predation.” NYRB: 9-27, 2018

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