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Sep 7 Jamaican Idol
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Walking backward from the sea

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Spotlight Poet
Thomas Merton
Inspired by Gerard Manley Hopkins' conversion to Catholicism and the priesthood, Merton was baptized in 1938, and began studying the catechism of the Catholic church. Merton published nearly 50 books in his lifetime.

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Advice to Young Poets

by Sharon Olds
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Spotlight Essay
A Brief Guide to Surrealism

"SURREALISM, noun, masc., Pure psychic automatism by which it is intended to express, either verbally or in writing, the true function of thought..."

Spotlight Books
Summer Reading List

Spent the whole summer without doing any summer reading? Check out reviews of recent books by Graham Foust, Amy Gerstler, Ray Gonzales, Marilyn Hacker, John Koethe, Catie Rosemurgy, Wei Ying-wu, and others.
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