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'Some Transcendent Addiction to the Useless,'A Poem by Kay Ryan

'Some Transcendent Addiction to the Useless,'A Poem by Kay Ryan

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By Kay Ryan | March 19, 2019

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Literary Allusion Runs Deep Through the History of Hip-Hop

Literary Allusion Runs Deep Through the History of Hip-Hop

Roy Christopher on the Intersection of Books and Beats

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Meet the Man Brought to Trial for Murdering the English Language

Meet the Man Brought to Trial for Murdering the English Language

(In the Press, by a Jury of His Enemies)

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