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Steve Zeitlin

Love in the English Language:

So few words rhyme with love in the English language – dove, above, of. In this essay, Steve Zeitlin explores how poets and literary masters have made the most of those rhymes.

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Steve Zeitlin

Is Brooklyn J’Ouvert Dead?

Following weeks of debate over new security measures aimed at curbing violence, Brooklyn’s much scrutinized 2017 J’Ouvert celebration thankfully took place without incident. But New Yorkers might have missed this news amidst the plethora of media stories incorrectly attributing criminal activity to the event.

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Steve Zeitlin

Treasure Language

Poetry of Everyday Life blogpost #4 “There are nine different words for the color blue in the Spanish Maya dictionary,” writes Earl Shorris, “but just

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Steve Zeitlin

Art and Protest

A Jewish Folktale The Poetry of Everyday Life Blogpost #2 February 20, 2017 A story. Once upon a time in the old country, there was

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Steve Zeitlin

Beneath the Visiting Moon

Poetry to Ease the Final Passage January 27, 2017 “We all have to face this thing sometime,” my wife’s father, Lucas Dargan, told me around

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