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Sunday, June 29, 2025

Poem: 'Teaneck Blues' (for Ulysses Kay)

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At the Puffin Cultural Forum's poetry series in Teaneck last month, the township's poet laureate, Scott Pleasants , had just arrived...
Friday, June 13, 2025

Poem: 'Burlington County, 1984'

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My friend (and wonderful poet), Jared (aka @the_babyfaced_poet ) has started a video series on IG -- "The Best Words Show" -- fea...
Wednesday, June 4, 2025

Short Story: 'JD at the Bar'

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Inspired a recent LinkedIn post by the talented photographer and writer Mark Krajnak , and my obsession with the Jersey Devil. Day of the De...
Tuesday, June 3, 2025

Where Have You Gone, Seymour Hersh?

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Original Sin: President Biden's Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again by Jake Tapper My rating: 2 of 5 stars ...
Wednesday, May 7, 2025

Why I Haven't Broken Up With New York

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This week, I had two moments with The New Yorker magazine. First, I received a rejection email from their poetry department for something I ...
Saturday, April 12, 2025

Experiment in Flash Fiction: Date Night in April

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The scene: It’s Date Night at a local BYOB restaurant my wife and I frequent. It’s relatively empty, so we have our choice of one of the big...
Sunday, March 30, 2025

About That Poem: 'Byzantium in Jersey'

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My grandfather, 1969, Budd Lake This is the poem I read at the S.P.E.A.K. open mic in March at the Puffin Cultural Forum in Teaneck, NJ. I ...
Tuesday, March 18, 2025

My March Into Hell During March 2025

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I've spent the first half of March 2025, more or less, at the side of Virgil and Dante, beginning with the read of a fascinating autobio...