From Beer to Eternity

… sciences, history, and public affairs; reports on cutting-edge works in progress; long-form narratives; and compelling excerpts from new books. Hosted by Stephanie Bastek.
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As You Like It

… sweat
to quicken her own musk. His nose
was always slow from blowing smoke.
By which he meant: eat day one,
fast for two, that he might feed
his milk to her. She ate for two,
hid mints and violets in her pillow.
By which he restless charged to her,
by which she restless charged …

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Sound and Silence

… in the 1940s, the struggle was seemingly lost. One day, Sibelius carried a laundry basket filled with his manuscripts into the dining room at Ainola and began feeding the pages into the raging fire in the stove. Aino, who would recall the event after her husband’s death, could confirm the identity of only one …

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Hiroshi Sato

… focusing on the most; it’s the doorway to your internal world from your external world. I’m interested in how those two interact and how they feed into each other, which is perception itself. This is no indication of how successful I am in terms of my painting, but I like the literature of …

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From the Horse’s Mouth

… sciences, history, and public affairs; reports on cutting-edge works in progress; long-form narratives; and compelling excerpts from new books. Hosted by Stephanie Bastek.
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Not by Taste Alone

… mostly “taste” through our nose. It’s because our sense of smell is closely tied to memory and emotion. With his pheasant, Alinea chef Grant Achatz is feeding our nostalgia as much as our hunger, hoping our associations with fall are warm enough to intensify our feelings toward his dish.
“It turns out that the …

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Twin Peaks

… sciences, history, and public affairs; reports on cutting-edge works in progress; long-form narratives; and compelling excerpts from new books. Hosted by Stephanie Bastek.
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The Pill

… Jerald Winakur, but I’d like to shine a spotlight on Charise Hoge’s poem because its evolution illustrates a strength of “Next Line, Please”—the way comments help an author improve a poem-in-progress.  Charise tells us she “revised” her poem “based on feedback, thanks to byron”:
The Pill
If I have …

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Well, They Are Gone . . .

… and moonlight,
Urns through time, and, I think, some lines about
A lime.
Christine Rhein
The House-sitter
Well, they are gone, and here I must remain,
feeding the dog, the fish, the orchids, watering
the potted palms around the pool, stacking up
the mail, all the fancy magazines and invitations.
They told me I …

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Roy Boswell

… doing so much work. I don’t remember the exact percentage of people who farm now, but some small percentages of people are doing the farming that feeds the rest of the country. What I do is a complete luxury, and what they do is something that is absolutely necessary. I’m drawn to that …

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