"You must change your life." So ends one of Rilke's most famous poems "The Archaic Torso of Apollo," and it's a good descriptor for Rilke's influence, as well. The writer of Letters to a Young Poet, Rilke's advice and knowledge has resonated well past his death in 1926. Tonight, Rilke's influence will be honored by poets
What kind of story can a city tell if this isn't just the corner of Broadway and John, but the corner where X learned that Y never really loved him? Or if this isn't just the hospital across the street, but the place where Z told her mother she loved her for the very last
“Too soon!”: the stern reproach awaiting comedians who crack jokes about the dearly and recently departed. The comedian is supposed to feel lousy and clumsy, but more often than not they seem tickled to have been scolded. To anyone who has encountered death up close, it is decidedly unfunny, except for when laughter is the
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