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America, America, Burning Bright

Bright Inaugural Day, Washington

The U.S. presidential inauguration in January will be one for the ages. LAUREN FREY concludes her series of election-related verse with a hat tip to Langston Hughes. (America, America, Burning Bright | December 2, 2008)

The Well-Known Citizen

In spite of all the reporters crawling around Alaska, Gov. Palin remains unknown to the general public. LAUREN FREY helps the cause, aided by W.H. Auden. (America, America, Burning Bright | September 16, 2008)

The Republican Speaks of Jungles

The presidential election continues to bring forth policy promises and attempts at soul-bearing honesty. LAUREN FREY takes a look at what they really meant to say. (America, America, Burning Bright | July 3, 2008)

Do Not Go Gentle

With primary season nearly over, the two remaining Democrats are each facing their own demons. Perhaps some poetry will be an inspiration? TMN Poet Laureate LAUREN FREY puts her observations into verse. (America, America, Burning Bright | May 7, 2008)

We Not Cruel

Delegates, primaries, ads, and speeches, mean the campaign season is full of chaos and noise. In her series of political verse, LAUREN FREY puts things in order—in iambic tetrameter, that is. (America, America, Burning Bright | March 14, 2008)

Coiffed Beast Saunters

Soaring rhetoric is getting the short straw this campaign season, so how about some pointed poesy? LAUREN FREY inaugurates a series of political verse to carry us through November. (America, America, Burning Bright | February 15, 2008)

The Vote Not Shaken

Experts answer what they know. The Non-Expert answers anything. This week, LAUREN FREY helps a reader choose between political candidates by applying modern poetry to the process. (The Non-Expert | January 18, 2008)


TODAY’S FEATURE

Test Post

Rather than shopping or a pottery workshop, blogging shows promise as a fun, “couple-y” activity. THE GOLEM writes the entry that took a thousand years.

OUR MAN IN BOSTON

Question, Questions, Questions?

Padgett Powell's bebop solo of a book is 164 pages of interrogatory--that's right, questions.

INFINITE SUMMER

Dracula

Sponsored by TMN, the online book club reads the vampire novel that sired them all.
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