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After Alcman

Posted on April 17, 2007 by ubu507

After Alcman   To hear the voices Of girls singing the lovely song They lead me toward the dancing ground Where they toss their yellow hair And soft feet dance With desire that loosens limbs But more meltingly than sleep … Continue reading →

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Rilke on Spring

Posted on April 14, 2007 by ubu507

This time of year a lot of "poets" are "inspired" to write a lot of really crappy poems about spring. It’s nice to know that a great poem can actually be written on the subject. This is from Stephen Mitchell’s … Continue reading →

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Crime Beat: Soy Sorry

Posted on April 13, 2007 by ubu507

POLICE BEAT: Remember Deputy, Anything Can Be a Weapon Man reports attack by roommate A 21-year-old Ann Arbor man reported that his roommate came at him with a plastic bat and a bottle of wine after they argued over the … Continue reading →

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Orgiastic Dancing in Progress: A Spartan Women Miscellany

Posted on April 11, 2007 by ubu507

Orgiastic Dancing in Progress: A Spartan Women Miscellany   Castor and Pollux were reputed to have taught the Spartans a special dance that the maidens performed annually. Girls and women also performed lewd dances in honor of Artemis, celebrating her … Continue reading →

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American Detective by Loren D. Estleman

Posted on April 10, 2007 by ubu507

American Detective, Loren D. Estleman, Forge, $24.95   Amos Walker’s client in Loren Estleman’s American Detective is a former major league pitching star and it’s tempting to see Estleman in the same way – except that there’s no former about … Continue reading →

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Crime Beat: Welcome to the Jungle

Posted on April 7, 2007 by ubu507

POLICE BEAT   Police: Intruder mistaken on house When Ann Arbor Police found a drunken intruder in a campus-area home early today, he was face down on a stranger’s bed – with no shoes or shirt – and thought he … Continue reading →

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Pink Flag by Wire

Posted on April 6, 2007 by ubu507

Run Up the Pink Flag, Me Hearties   Back in ‘77 we were spoiled – in those days it seemed like you could just pick up the latest hot English record and be blown away. Not that it wasn’t an … Continue reading →

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Adolescence and Die Brucke

Posted on April 4, 2007 by ubu507

It, too draws upon adolescence as a liminal state of heightened sensitivity, conflict and unresolved yearnings…The Brucke works do not represent them merely as undeveloped versions of adults, nor are they sentimentalized. Instead, they have a disconcerting character stemming from … Continue reading →

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Maidens’ Song

Posted on April 3, 2007 by ubu507

For she herself is conspicuous, As if one set among the herds, A strong horse with thundering hooves, A champion from dreams in caves   – Alcman, Partheneion

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Laura Lippman’s What the Dead Know

Posted on March 31, 2007 by ubu507

Hey, I just read another really good book. It’s called What the Dead Know by Laura Lippman. From the very beginning I was blown away – it’s the American equivalent of a Ruth Rendell book in its penetrating psychology, mordant … Continue reading →

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