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John Donne: The Paradox

The ParadoxNo lover saith, I love, nor any other Can judge a perfect lover; He thinks that else none can or will agree, That any loves but he; I cannot say…

Walt Whitman: I Hear America Singing

I Hear America SingingI hear America singing, the varied carols I hear, Those of mechanics, each one singing his as it should be blithe and strong, The carpenter singing his as he measures…

The Celtic Twilight: Aristotle of the Books

by W. B. Yeats Miraculous CreaturesThe Swine of the GodsAristotle of the Books The friend who can get the wood-cutter to talk more readily than he will to anybody else went lately to see…

Poem: The First Lesson

Poem 95 Poem 97 The First Lesson Not in this world to see his face Sounds long, until I read the place Where this is said to be But just the primer to a life Unopened, rare, upon the…

The Devil's Dictionary: Saw

by Ambrose Bierce SAUCESCARABAEUSSAW -n. A trite popular saying, or proverb. (Figurative and colloquial.) So called because it makes its way into a wooden head. Following are examples of…

After Life

Director/Writer:Hirokazu Kore-edaArtistic License Films; 118 minutes; NRRelease:7/99Cast:Arata, Taketoshi Naito, Erika Oda, Susumu Terajima If you can carry only one memory with you into…

Held Up

Director:Stephen RashWriter:Jeff EastinTrimark Pictures; PG-13; 91 minutesRelease:5/00Cast:Jamie Foxx, Nia Long, Sam Gifaldi Held Up is a directionless comedy about a black newlywed (Jamie…

The Next Best Thing

Director:John SchlesingerWriter:Thomas RopelewskiParamount Pictures; PG-13; 107 minutesRelease:3/00Cast:Madonna, Rupert Everett, Benjamin Bratt The Next Best Thing pairs real-life buddies…

Jean Dujardin

Jean Dujardin is the actor who was a big star in France before he won an Oscar for The Artist and became a big star everywhere else. Jean Dujardin first rose to fame in Paris, on the strength of a…