Today's poem is
"Contra Chekhov"
from New Letters
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Today's poem is
"Contra Chekhov"
from New Letters
Michael Salcman
is a physician, brain scientist and essayist on the visual arts. He was chairman of neurosurgery at the University of Maryland and president of the Contemporary Museum in Baltimore. His books include a collection of poems, The Clock Made of Confetti (Orchises P, 2007), and The Enemy of God is Better (Orchises, 2011).
Books by Michael Salcman:
Other poems on the web by Michael Salcman:
"Dirty Glasses"
"The Night Before"
Five Poems
"A night in Cusco"
Three poems
"In the Lost Movie of Its Making, the Red Canvas"
"Caesar’s Last Breath"
"The Ice House"
Two poems
Four poems
"The Ruined City Rises"
Three poems
"Looking at Kline"
Michael Salcman's Website.
Michael Salcman According to Wikipedia.
Michael Salcman on Twitter.
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October 3, 2008: Dante's The Inferno "Canto I" by Dante Alighieri, translated by Mary Jo Bang
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