Poetry: The High-School Lawn by Thomas HardyGray prinked with rose,White tipped with blue,Shoes with gay hose,Sleeves of chrome hue;Read more Song In My Head: We’re Going To Be Friends by The White Stripes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKfD8d3XJok Art: Norman Rockwell’s The Problem We All Live With Photo credit: prints.nrm.org Quote: “Let us remember: one book, one pen, one …
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A DATE WITH HISTORY: Thursday, Sept. 7, 1961
In the Top Ten: Hurt by Time Yuro https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPy-Memj0vE On the Bestseller List: Lizzie Borden by Edward D. Radin Photo credit: abebooks.com New In Theaters: A Woman Is a Woman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RS95bLuEl9I New In Comic Shops: Girls’ Love Stories #81 Photo credit: mycomicshop.com On TV: Great Ghost Tales https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMlTbXBF30E Magazine Roulette: LIFE Photo credit: oldlifemagazine.com Sports: …
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Poetry: Punctuation by Hèlder FaifeWithout commas in her gaze,the little girl dribbles colons with each breathand swears an exclamation markis a lollipop:Read more Song In My Head: Farmhouse by Phish https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48tz_8NZp5c Art: Claire Falkenstein’s Point as a Set No. 26 Photo credit: tate.org.uk Quote: “I cannot endure to waste anything so precious as autumnal sunshine …
A DATE WITH HISTORY: Thursday, Sept. 6, 1951
In the Top Ten: Come On-A My House by Rosemary Clooney https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mriXncI96lw On the Bestseller List: Old Herbaceous by Reginald Arkell Photo credit: leavesandpages.com New In Theaters: A Place In the Sun https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oM2se8-FFWg New In Comic Shops: Batman #66 Photo credit: mycomicshop.com On TV: Kukla, Fran, and Ollie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWyntdjqBhQ Magazine Roulette: Startling Stories Photo credit: …
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Poetry: Speaking Tree by Joy HarjoSome things on this earth are unspeakable:Genealogy of the broken – A shy wind threading leaves after a massacre,Or the smell of coffee and no one there – Read more Song In My Head: Daydream Believer by The Monkees https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvqeSJlgaNk Art: Sebastian Evans’s Allegorical Subject: The Unfaithful Poet Photo credit: tate.org.uk Quote: …