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The Poetry of Embarrassment: On Three New Collections

December 5th, 2023

SINCE THE ROMANTIC PERIOD two centuries back, lyric poetry has long been presumed the genre most suited for expressing intense and powerful emotions. For anguish, there is Keats; for longing, Whitman; for exaltation, Neruda; for rage, Plath (and Sexton). And so on. Gravitas is the route to greatness;…

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Governor rebukes Philadelphia protesters for chanting outside Israeli restaurant | Local News

December 5th, 2023

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Protesters marching in Philadelphia against the bombardment of Gaza chanted about genocide Sunday outside an Israeli-style restaurant, leading Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro to call the…

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