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Robert Polito

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Poet (Hollywood & God). Essayist. NBCC Award biographer (Savage Art: Jim Thompson). Professor of Writing, New School MFA. Past President, Poetry Foundation.

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“Writing is Fighting:” Inside Toni Morrison’s Literary Collaboration With Muhammad Ali ‹ Literary Hub lithub.com/writing-is-fig…

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Rebecca Chase - Following the Poet’s Path: A Daughter’s Journey to Japan In Search of Closure lithub.com/following-the-… via Literary Hub

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New Release of Bob Dylan's "Hard Rain" as Nobel Winners Warn of Nuclear Risk on Trinity Test 80th Anniversary democracynow.org/2025/7/16/nobe…

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Can a Poem Change How You See a Photograph? Leah Ollman’s New Anthology Says Yes — about photography aboutphotography.blog/blog/ensnaring…

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“I was a 14-year-old with a devotional temperament and no bearable object of devotion—until I was given art.” Writer Garth Greenwell on bel canto, gay boyhood in Kentucky, and why opera felt like a lifeline. pioneerworks.org/broadcast/gart…

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On the occasion of Nathan Kernan’s new bio of James Schuyler, a look back at a powerful essay by Peter Gizzi: Thick Description and the Spatial Real — Little Mirror littlemirrormag.com/peter-gizzi-th…

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“How Republics Die analyzes these empires’ parallel lives to underscore the consistent methods used by autocrats to shift societies away from dissent, democracy, or independent thinking, toward a triumphalist narrative of the past….” hyperallergic.com/1037152/an-anc…

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“Deportee,” from Woody's Home Tape, Brooklyn 1951-1952 — “Is this the best system to grow some good fruit?” youtu.be/C6BFgEJw94E?si… via YouTube

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“We’re going for some dark, dark time. People being arrested because of the way they look? And they don’t have to be charged? They can’t see any lawyers? I’m afraid it’s going to be like [prewar] Germany in that it’s a factor that is spoiling that will spread, and spread…”

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I'll be talking about IMPASSE: CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE LIMITS OF PROGRESS next Thursday, November 13, The New School, with Jay Bernstein and Joel Towers. Register below. event.newschool.edu/arnholdforumro…