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May-June 2024
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The Curious Arc of Dirk Bogarde’s Star 
DIRK BOGARDE (1921–1999) was a British film actor of the postwar era who was a major star in Europe and even made inroads into the American dream machine. His first Hollywood film was the underwhelming Song without End: The Story of Franz Liszt (1960).
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Why Lord Byron Still Matters
LORD BYRON died 200 years ago, in 1824, at the age of 36. He succumbed to a fever in Greece, where he was helping to fund the Greek war of independence from Turkey. Today he’s more famous as a poet and a lover than as a fighter. One estimate puts Byron’s renown as a poet second only to that of Shakespeare.
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Gavin Geoffrey Dillard’s Beat Goes On
Interview with poet, Gavin Geoffrey Dillard.
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Horrigan Leaves Matthiessen Behind
Interview with writer Patrick E. Horrigan.
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Monica Majoli’s Homage to Blueboy
Monica Majoli’s portraits are of centerfold models who were photographed between 1976 and 1979. Her artist statement reveals that “these images showcase a tragedy that had yet to unfold, as they were photographed on the cusp of the AIDS epidemic.”
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