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“The Emperor of Ice Cream” by Wallace Stevens

“The Emperor of Ice Cream” by Wallace Stevens

Poems read aloud, beautifully

by Amanda Holmes | Friday, October 11, 2019
“Lines to a Nasturtium” by Anne Spencer

“Lines to a Nasturtium” by Anne Spencer

Poems read aloud, beautifully

by Amanda Holmes | Friday, October 04, 2019
“The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” by T. S. Eliot

“The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” by T. S. Eliot

In honor of the poet’s 131st birthday

by Amanda Holmes | Thursday, September 26, 2019
“The Purist” by Ogden Nash

“The Purist” by Ogden Nash

Poems read aloud, beautifully

by Amanda Holmes | Friday, September 20, 2019
“Any Case” by Wislawa Szymborska

“Any Case” by Wislawa Szymborska

Poems read aloud, beautifully

by Amanda Holmes | Friday, September 06, 2019
“Elderly Tears” by Leonardo Sinisgalli

“Elderly Tears” by Leonardo Sinisgalli

Poems read aloud, beautifully

by Amanda Holmes | Friday, August 30, 2019
“We Real Cool” by Gwendolyn Brooks

“We Real Cool” by Gwendolyn Brooks

Poems read aloud, beautifully

by Amanda Holmes | Friday, August 23, 2019
“Archaic Torso of Apollo” by Rainer Maria Rilke

“Archaic Torso of Apollo” by Rainer Maria Rilke

Poems read aloud, beautifully

by Amanda Holmes | Friday, August 09, 2019
“227 (my darling since)” by E. E. Cummings

“227 (my darling since)” by E. E. Cummings

Poems read aloud, beautifully

by Amanda Holmes | Friday, August 02, 2019
Charles Bukowski

“60 yard pass” by Charles Bukowski

Poems read aloud, beautifully

by Amanda Holmes | Friday, July 26, 2019
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What Does Columbus Day Really Mean?

by William J. Connell

Whether you celebrate Columbus Day or Indigenous Peoples’ Day, Discoverers’ Day, or Native Americans’ Day, historian William J. Connell observes that, in the end, this controversial civic holiday is just that: a holiday. In his essay “What Columbus Day Really Means,” Connell writes that President Benjamin Harrison created the holiday in 1892 to honor both Native Americans and the many immigrants who were only then arriving in the country. “It was to be a national holiday that was not about the Founding Fathers or the Civil War, but about the rest of American history,” Connell writes—a day for celebrating the country and all its people. Sounds to us like a pretty good reason to take the day off of work.