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2 Poems by Louis Phillips

​ download a pdf of this column American Life in Poetry: Column 691 BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE I’ve arrived at an age at which I avoid looking into my old address books, although I’ve kept them all. Too many of those addresses are those of people no longer among us. Louis Phillips, a […]

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Apollo Magazine pays tribute to Irving Sandler

FEATURES Remembering Irving Sandler, the ‘sweeper-up after artists’ Matthew Holman 14 JUNE 2018 Irving and Lucy Sandler. Image courtesy Lauren Grosskopf, Pleasure Boat Studio: A Literary Press In Frank O’Hara’s poem of 1964, ‘Adieu to Norman, Bon Jour to Joan and John-Paul’, the American art critic Irving Sandler is humorously characterised as ‘the balayeur des artistes’, […]

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Finn Wilcox, Too Late to Turn Back Now

Prose & Poems 1980-2016, Empty Bowl Press A captivating, vicarious ride through this whole other world… Q & A with Deborah Kalb  https://deborahkalbbooks.blogspot.com/2018/06/q-with-finn-wilcox.html A selection from the article: Q: In an article on ptleader.com, Jenny Westdal writes, “Although Finn Wilcox has traveled, his writings are rooted in place. That place is the Pacific Northwest. This is the Northwest where […]

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Baret Magarian on The Authors Show June 11th

https://wnbnetworkwest.com/ Click on Baret’s name to hear his show any time Monday 6.11! It’s a little insight into the workings of his book. He loves to discuss it with people, so don’t be a stranger. Feel free to ask him your own questions by commenting on his page on our site.

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Irving Sandler, Art Historian Who Was Close to Artists, Dies at 92

Sadly, an extraordinarily exceptional man has just passed away. What an honor to have gotten a brief chance to meet him and work with him. I only wish ‘Goodbye to Tenth Street’ could have come out before he passed on. ‘Swept Up by Art’ has been sweeping me up. An exciting book, a look into […]

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Book Readings in New York and Seattle

Baret Magarian, author of The Fabrications is travelling from Italy to give book readings in Seattle & NY. NY’s events will be a triple treat with Robert Karmon, author of Isaac, and Sigfried Kra, author of the upcoming Pleasure Boatrelease, Twilight in Danzig. SEATTLE THURSDAY, May 17 at 7pm in the University Bookstore FRIDAY, May […]

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Kickstarting this BOAT!

Pleasure Boat Studio is very grateful for your help. Check out the Kickstarter Fundraising Campaign to contribute to the publishing costs of the next four Pleasure Boat releases. For every $50 pledged, receive a ‘New Release’ or a book of your choice from Pleasure Boat Studio! Be a part of the success and future of […]

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