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☆ Judy Garland and ‘The Trolley Song’: Why an 80-year-old performance speaks to today’s LGBTQ community
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-26 | by ( Scottie Andrew | Sydney Bishop | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

“The Trolley Song,” a second-act standout from the 1944 movie musical “Meet Me in St. Louis,” was sung by Judy Garland in striking Technicolor. And yet it has found new life online nearly 80 years later as an unlikely anthem for LGBTQ Pride. “Happy pride month (sic) to Judy Garland in the trolley song. Kelleher likened it to Cher’s 1998 autotune fantasia “Believe” but “somehow even more gay.”Like Cher’s hit, “The Trolley Song” is dripping in artifice. “The Trolley Song” has been adopted by LGBTQ people since Garland first started singing it in concert.

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☆ 2 St. Louis residents are suing the city's basic income program in an attempt to halt what they call 'unconstitutional' $500 monthly payments to low-income families
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-26 | by ( Allie Kelly | Noah Sheidlower | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewAs St. Louis continues its guaranteed basic income pilot, two residents are suing to cut the program's funding. The plaintiffs, Greg Tumlin and Fred Hale, are both St. Louis residents. Adam Layne, the St. Louis city treasurer, previously told BI that St. Louis residents have primarily used their $500 a month to pay bills. BI reached out to the city of St. Louis and St. Louis Guaranteed Income for comment, but the parties did not respond by the time of publication. States like South Dakota, Arizona, and Iowa, Republican politicians have also brought basic income bans to the state legislature.

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☆ Opinion: Will Julian Assange receive a hero’s welcome in Australia?
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-25 | by ( Opinion Latika Bourke | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —Julian Assange is no martyr, but the Trump administration’s continued pursuit of the WikiLeaks founder ended up making him one — in the eyes of many Australians. Assange, who was released from prison in the UK on June 24, has long been a polarizing figure in his native Australia. Once Assange pleads guilty, under the plea agreed with the US, he will have spent five years in solitary confinement. Assange’s WikiLeaks disclosures put Western human intelligence sources at risk by the way they were dumped on the internet unredacted. He is reported to be heading to Canberra where he’ll be given a hero’s welcome by some, including his family and hardline supporters.

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☆ Billionaire LVMH CEO Bernard Arnault is the richest man outside America. Here are 23 of his luxury conglomerate's iconic brands.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-25 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

LVMH is the world's largest luxury goods conglomerate. It's owned by Bernard Arnault, the world's third-richest person. LVMH's portfolio includes 75 different brands, spanning fashion, Champagne, cosmetics, and more. AdvertisementBernard Arnault, the world's third-richest person and the wealthiest outside the US, heads the world's largest luxury goods conglomerate. LVMH owns iconic brands such as Louis Vuitton, Dior, and Moët-Chandon.

Persons: LVMH, Bernard Arnault, Louis Vuitton, Sephora, — Organizations: Dior, Service, Business

☆ The fertility crisis is here and it will permanently alter the economy
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-25 | by ( Nicole Goodkind | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

In the 1960s, there were six people of working age for every retired person, according to the World Economic Forum. “What you’re seeing is increased spending on programs like Medicare and Social Security as the baby boomers are aging into those programs. And then of course, fewer workers relative to the number of people who are receiving Social Security and Medicare benefits,” said Dahl. Social Security payments still provide about 90% of income for more than a quarter of older adults in the United States, according to Social Security Agency surveys. But without intervention, the Social Security trust fund will be depleted by the mid-2030s, meaning that only a portion of retirees’ expected benefits will be paid out.

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☆ I worked in China for 8 years. These 3 differences set the work culture apart from the Western world.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-25 | by ( Isabelle Aron | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Read previewThis as-told-to essay is based on a transcribed conversation with Sue Campbell, 58, about relocating to China for work. I was often the liaison between international clients and the team in China, helping everyone understand each other better. Employees in China were very conscious of their place in the company hierarchyHierarchies were very apparent in Chinese work culture. In China, people seemed to take pride in their work and I think they didn't want to make themselves look bad. If anybody has the chance to work in Asia, I'd recommend it.

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☆ Paris Men’s Fashion Week: Bold statements, A$AP Rocky’s surprise debut and Dries Van Noten’s farewell
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-25 | by ( Alice Pfeiffer | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Editor’s Note: CNN Style is one of the official media partners of Paris Fashion Week. This past week, fashion designers converged in the city for Paris Fashion Week Spring-Summer 2025 menswear collections — but nothing was business as usual. Swan Gallet/WWD/Getty ImagesRapper A$AP Rocky, too, made a statement for his Paris Fashion Week debut — a secret show for his label AWGE, which launched earlier this year. On the runway, models marched with their heads covered by American eagle flags, wore slogans like “Don’t be Dumb” and carried plastic bags filled with cash. The latest Comme des Garçon collection featured lashings of Barbie pink and frothy tulle skorts.

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☆ French luxury tycoon Bernard Arnault, the richest man outside America, is buying one of Paris' most iconic restaurants
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-24 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

LVMH has bought a majority stake in the tiny 100-year-old Paris bistro Chez L'Ami Louis. LVMH is owned by Bernard Arnault, who regularly jostles with Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk for the title of world's richest person. Chez L'Ami Louis is famed for its roast chicken, finely-cut fries, and celebrity patrons. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementLVMH boss Bernard Arnault has bought one of Paris's most iconic restaurants.

Persons: LVMH, Louis, Bernard Arnault, Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Chez L'Ami Louis, —, Christian Dior, L'Ami Louis Organizations: Chez, Service, Louis Vuitton, Bloomberg, Business Locations: Paris

☆ For One Night Only, Paris Is Vogue’s (Disney)World
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-24 | by ( Vanessa Friedman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Barnum meeting Florenz Ziegfeld and together they hatch a fashion show, and you’ll get the idea. Like the Met Gala, Vogue World, which was previously held in New York and London, is a live expression of Vogue’s power and an effort to position the magazine as an arbiter of influence, culture and people. Like the Met’s annual fund-raiser, it involves great eye candy, in terms of both clothes and celebrity. Unlike the Met, however, anyone who can afford a ticket, or wants to watch the livestream from afar, can get inside. Can be part, that is to say, of Vogue’s world.

Persons: Anna Wintour, Condé Nast, Barnum, Florenz Ziegfeld, you’ll, nob, Emma Chamberlain, Selma Blair, Russell Westbrook, Ms, Wintour, John Galliano —, —, Pharrell Williams, Louis Vuitton Organizations: Vogue, Ritz Locations: Paris, New York, London

☆ How much a single person needs to earn to live alone in the 25 largest U.S. cities
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-22 | by ( Mike Winters | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

You'll need to earn around $25 per hour to live on your own in the United States' 25 largest cities. But in nearly half of the 25 largest cities, the living wage is double that of the local minimum wage. Having employer-sponsored health insurance certainly helps: It shaves roughly $2 off the hourly living wage in the 25 largest U.S. cities, according to EPI's estimates. BostonHourly wage to cover basic costs: $34.02Hourly minimum wage: $153. DetroitHourly wage to cover basic costs: $19.70Hourly minimum wage: $10.33Want to be a successful, confident communicator?

Organizations: San, Boston, ., Seattle, Denver, Orlando, Inland, Miami, Phoenix, Tampa, Dallas, Houston, CNBC Locations: United States, That's, San Francisco, Boston, San Antonio, Detroit, . New York, Diego, Washington, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Portland , Oregon, Inland Empire, California, Chicago, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Minneapolis, St, Antonio

☆ Meet the last 20-something millennials: They're twice as wealthy as their geriatric peers were and are carving creative paths to homeownership
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-22 | by ( Hillary Hoffower | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

In some ways, they're actually faring better than their older millennial peers, and their struggles point to larger cracks in America's social support systems. Younger millennials are getting creative about becoming homeowners, explained Jessica Lautz, deputy chief economist and vice president of research at the National Association of Realtors. Because younger millennial women are focused on their careers, they're continuing the overall millennial trend of delaying family formation. AdvertisementAnd some of younger millennials' accumulated wealth has faded thanks to inflation, Ricketts said. He pointed out that younger millennials who invest their wealth well are more likely to consume and drive economic growth.

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☆ Wyoming, Delaware, and Montana are the most entrepreneurial states of 2024 so far. It might be due to business-friendly taxes.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-21 | by ( John Towfighi | Juliana Kaplan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Delaware and Montana are second and third in new business openings per 100,000 residents since the start of 2024. AdvertisementThe boom in business translates to 283 new businesses per 100,000 residents in Wyoming, 153 in Delaware, and 106 in Montana. Wyoming also led the nation in new business applications per capita in 2023, according to the Chamber of Commerce. Business-friendly taxationWyoming, Delaware, and Montana are all particularly attractive to new business owners due to their tax laws. AdvertisementAre you a new small-business owner in Wyoming, Delaware, or Montana?

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☆ LVMH owner Bernard Arnault liked this Paris bistro so much his company bought it
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-21 | by ( Anna Cooban | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

London CNN —French luxury conglomerate LVMH has added a tiny Parisian bistro to its sprawling empire of designer fashion brands, jewelry makers and hotels. A dish served at Chez l'Ami Louis restaurant in Paris. Her lifestyle company Goop describes Chez L’ami Louis on its website as “one of the best, most venerable bistros in Paris.”“It is small and wood-paneled, with an ancient oven and a sick wine list,” Goop gushed. In 2019, the company acquired Belmond, which owns hotels and organizes luxury rail and river cruises, in a $3.2 billion deal. Earlier this month, LVMH announced “a strategic investment” in the Orient Express, a brand offering luxury train travel owned by French hospitality firm Accor.

Persons: Bernard Arnault, Chez L’ami Louis, LVMH, “, Bill Clinton, Martin Scorsese, Victoria Beckham, Gwyneth Paltrow’s, Paris Arnault, Arnault, Kering, ” Arnault, Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Louis Vuitton Organizations: London CNN, Chez, Louis, CNN, Notre Dame, Bloomberg, Dior, Orient Express Locations: Paris

☆ Reggie Jackson says racism he experienced playing in Birmingham made his return for Negro Leagues tribute ‘not easy’
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-21 | by ( Dalia Faheid | Elizabeth Wolfe | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Baseball Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson said it was difficult to return to Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Alabama, for the Negro Leagues tribute game Thursday because of the onslaught of racism he experienced when he played there decades ago. The team played at Rickwood Field. Mays played for the Birmingham Black Barons, a Negro League baseball team that called Rickwood Field home until their last season in 1963. The game between the San Francisco Giants and St. Louis Cardinals both paid tribute to the Negro Leagues and honored Mays’s legacy. Approximately 60 Negro League players were in attendance – marking the largest official gathering of the league’s players in nearly 30 years, according to the MLB.

Persons: CNN — Baseball Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson, Jackson, ” Jackson, “, ”, ’, ’ ”, Los Angeles Angels – Jackson, Mr, of Famer Willie Mays, Mays Organizations: CNN — Baseball Hall of Famer, Negro Leagues, Birmingham, Southern League, Rickwood, Fox, Yankees, CNN, of Fame, New York Yankees, Los Angeles Angels, American League, MLB, of Famer, Birmingham Black Barons, Negro League baseball, San Francisco Giants, St, Louis Cardinals, Negro League, “ Locations: Birmingham , Alabama, New York

☆ Prince William: Kate and the kids wish future King a happy birthday with fun family photo
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-21 | by ( Max Foster | Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Editor’s Note: CNN’s Royal News is a weekly dispatch bringing you the inside track on the royal family, what they are up to in public and what’s happening behind palace walls. CNN —Prince William’s family marked his 42nd birthday on Friday by posting a fun photo of him jumping off a sand dune, holding hands with his children – Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis. Cx,” said the accompanying caption, written by Catherine, Princess of Wales, who also took the photo while in Norfolk last month. The Prince and Princess of Wales have made it a tradition to release photos on landmark family occasions, like birthdays, Father’s Day, Mother’s Day and wedding anniversaries. For Father’s Day on Sunday, the family released another photo of William and his children, also taken by Kate at a beach.

Persons: William’s, – Prince George , Princess Charlotte, Prince Louis, “, ”, Catherine , Princess of Wales, William, George, Prince, Princess, Father’s, Kate, King Charles Organizations: CNN Locations: Norfolk, Wales, Kensington

☆ Prince William's birthday post is a welcome change for the royal family
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-21 | by ( Samantha Grindell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewAfter months of turmoil, the tides finally appear to be turning in Prince William and Kate Middleton's favor. AdvertisementThe lighthearted photo was a welcome change from the more formal approach they've taken to their public relations strategy in the past. Kate and William shared a photo of the prince with his children for his birthdayIn the photo, Princess Charlotte, Prince William, Prince Louis, and Prince George jump in the air on a beach, each sporting a big smile. William and Kate have not acknowledged the Prince of Wales' birthday on their social media channels since 2021, and the last time they celebrated his birthday with candid family photos was 2020. AdvertisementPrince William, Kate Middleton, Prince George, Prince Louis, and Princess Charlotte attend Trooping the Colour 2024.

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☆ Opinion | Is Missouri About to Execute an Innocent Man?
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-21 | by ( David French | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

On June 4, the Missouri Supreme Court set a September execution date for a man named Marcellus Williams. Williams is most likely innocent of the charges against him. On Aug. 11, 1998, a 42-year-old former Saint Louis Post-Dispatch reporter named Felicia Anne Gayle was found stabbed to death in her home. She’d been stabbed 43 times; her husband found her with the knife still in her neck. Despite the media coverage and the intense interest in the case, the murder went unsolved for 15 months, until the police charged Williams with the crime.

Persons: Marcellus Williams, There’s, Williams, —, Saint Louis, Felicia Anne Gayle, She’d, Laura Asaro, Henry Cole Organizations: Missouri Supreme, Saint, Saint Louis Post, Dispatch Locations: Missouri

☆ Fahim Saleh murder jury must decide if Tyrese Haspil believed stabbing and dismembering tech CEO was 'reasonable'
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-21 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +16 min

Days before admittedly stabbing and dismembering tech CEO Fahim Saleh, ex-personal assistant Tyrese Haspil admittedly used $750 of his victim's money to buy this 6-by-6-inch cake for his girlfriend. Anything less than unanimity — say if one juror accepts Haspil's EED defense and 11 do not — will cause a mistrial. Killer Tyrese Haspil, left, and Fahim Saleh in the lobby of Saleh's Lower Manhattan condo complex, one minute before the attack. Tyrese Haspil, accused of the 2020 murder-dismemberment of tech CEO Fahim Saleh, in state Supreme Court in Manhattan. Fahim Saleh is facing his killer, Tyrese Haspil, as the elevator doors close on the victim's apartment.

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☆ A list of the songs vying to be 2024’s summer anthem
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-21 | by ( Scottie Andrew | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

It was easier even a decade ago to settle on the song of the summer. Now that summer has officially started, sample these musical confections and decide for yourself — what’s destined to become the song of summer 2024? Daniel Boczarski/Getty ImagesNot Like Us, Kendrick Lamar Credit: Kendrick Lamar, under exclusive license to Interscope RecordsHere’s a song of the summer that breaks all the rules. ‘A Bar Song (Tipsy),’ ShaboozeyShaboozey mashes up pop-country with the 2004 club classic "Tipsy" on his mournful yet singable hit, "A Bar Song (Tipsy)." Still, lyrics about dragging your increasingly drunk self from bar to bar in a desperate attempt to shed the stress of your 9-to-5 are not unrelatable.

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☆ Willie Mays: Chants of ‘Willie! Willie!’ stretched to the heavens at MLB game honoring Negro Leagues and late legend
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-21 | by ( Elizabeth Wolfe | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Willie Mays' son, Michael Mays, addresses the crowd aside baseball greats Ken Griffey Jr., left, and Barry Bonds, right. Approximately 60 Negro League players were in attendance – marking the largest official gathering of the league’s players in nearly 30 years, according to the MLB. A line of Negro League luminaries processed onto Rickwood Field before the game as “When the Saints Go Marching In” swelled through the stadium. Greason, who served as a mentor to teenaged Mays, told Fox Sports reporter Ken Rosenthal that Negro League players took to the field despite racism and segregation. “The overwhelming consensus is that Willie Mays is the greatest all-around player who has ever played,” veteran sportscaster Bob Costas told CNN.

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☆ AIPAC Unleashes a Record $14.5 Million Bid to Defeat a Critic of Israel
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( Nicholas Fandos | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The onslaught by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee and allied groups has made good on a warning delivered to lawmakers like Mr. Now, in barely a month, an AIPAC-affiliated super PAC has spent $14.5 million — up to $17,000 an hour — on the race, filling television screens, stuffing mailboxes and clogging phone lines with caustic attacks. With days to go, the expenditures have already eclipsed what any interest group has ever spent on a single House race. Pro-Israel groups are using the same approach elsewhere, most notably in an August primary in St. Louis. AIPAC’s super PAC, the United Democracy Project, has already spent $1.5 million there to take out Representative Cori Bush, who is a Black member of the House’s left-wing “squad” like Mr.

Persons: Jamaal Bowman, Bowman, St . Louis, AIPAC’s, Cori Bush Organizations: Israel, Democratic, American Israel Public Affairs Committee, United Democracy Locations: New York City, Israel, St .

☆ Major League Baseball Came to Birmingham. Then Willie Mays Died.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( Tim Arango | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

When Willie Mays was perfecting his craft on the sandlots around Birmingham as a teenager in the 1940s, there was hardly anything bigger among the Black community than baseball. Overflowing crowds of Black fans packed Rickwood Field, the local ballpark, when the Birmingham Black Barons played, and on Sundays church would let out early so worshipers could watch baseball. “I don’t think they know anything about Black baseball as such,” said Charles Willis, 92, a high school teammate of Mays who played one season for the Black Barons, referring to Black children in Birmingham today. “Because nowadays, Black kids don’t play baseball.”Major League Baseball went to Rickwood this week as a tribute to the history of the Negro leagues, a celebration that will now encompass a memorial service for Mays, who died on Tuesday at 93. But it is also about looking ahead, wrestling with how to attract young African American athletes to play baseball at a time when African American representation in the sport has diminished.

Persons: Willie Mays, ”, Charles Willis, Mays Organizations: Birmingham Black Barons, Black, ” Major League Baseball, Negro, San Francisco Giants, Louis Cardinals Locations: Birmingham

☆ Reggie Jackson, on live TV from Rickwood Field, shares stark stories of racism
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( C. Trent Rosecrans | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +9 min

Reggie Jackson played in Birmingham when he was in the minor leagues back in 1967. In his return to Rickwood Field, he shared his experience with racism and discrimination. Jackson played there just four years after four girls were killed in a bombing at the 16th Street Baptist Church. The Giants wore the uniform of the San Francisco Sea Lions, a Negro Leagues team that folded after its only season in 1946. Giants manager Bob Melvin played at Rickwood Field in parts of three seasons in the early 1980s as a minor-leaguer.

Persons: of Famer Reggie Jackson, Jim Crow, Jackson teared, “, ”, Jackson, ’, Charlie Finley’s, ’ Finley, ‘ We’re, we’re, Willie Mays, Reggie Jackson, ackson,, ollie, ou’re, haron, ove, ou,, hite, ike, ethel B, artin, uther, J, eague, eason, elvin, layed, aid., harley, ride,, riffey J r., ure, ike W, ilgore J r. Organizations: of Famer, Hollywood, Major League, Negro Leagues, Birmingham Black Barons, ust Locations: Birmingham, osh

One by one, each country with the money and the drive to compete started its own nuclear weapons program. Even with this kind of evidence in hand, science has reached only limited conclusions about how nuclear weapons testing affects individuals’ health. They helped create the 2021 Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, signed by 93 countries, which bans the possession, use and testing of nuclear weapons. France has acknowledged its “debt” to Polynesians over nuclear testing, and it created a commission in 2010 to evaluate nuclear testing victim compensation claims, but it has never apologized. We are still wrestling with the damage wrought by testing nuclear weapons in our past.

Persons: —, Ernest Moniz, Barack Obama, ” Mr, Moniz, Trump, Trump’s, Biden, United States ’, Republic of Kiribati —, we’re, Robert Oppenheimer’s, Oppenheimer, Ben Wyatt, King Juda, Harry Truman, Oppenheimer’s, Karina Lester, ”, Willard F, Libby, Louis, couldn’t, Merril Eisenbud, Hinamoeura, Britain —, “, it’s, John Moody, Benetick Kabua Maddison, Maddison, Benetick, It’s, Vladimir Putin Organizations: Las, Washington, United States, Marshall, Embassy, D.C, Marshalls, U.S, Navy, United, Soviet Union, Britain, Atomic Energy Commission, St, Louis University, Washington University School of Dental Medicine, Bravo, U.S . Navy, Atomic Energy, Centers for Disease Control, Polynesia —, Nuclear Weapons, ., Pacific Mart, Educational, America Locations: U.S, Japan, United States, Russia, China, Nevada, Soviet Union, — Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan, Reggane, Algeria, Montebello, Australia, Republic of Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Republic, Washington, Hiroshima, New Mexico, Las Vegas, Marshall, Hawaii, Philippines, Bikini, Atoll, Soviet, Africa, Polynesia, Xinjiang, The, Britain Britain, Britain, American, Kwajalein Atoll, France, France France, Tahiti, Nagasaki, Asia, Europe, India, Pakistan, North Korea, United, Kwajalein, Hawaii , California, Washington and Oregon, Arkansas, Springdale, you’re, Rhode Island, Moscow

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What’s the most interesting thing you learned from a book recently? Not recently, but when I began writing poetry the two poets who taught and influenced me the most were Ezra Pound and Robert Lowell. Right now: Yukio Mishima’s book “Patriotism,” a silly piece of work; “The Collected Poems of Delmore Schwartz”; the essays of Frank Kermode. Have you ever gotten in trouble for reading a book? I remember very much enjoying Maurice Girodias’s banned books in Paris that included Henry Miller and other distinguished authors.

Persons: Ezra Pound, Robert Lowell, Pound, Lowell, Yukio Mishima’s, Delmore Schwartz, Frank Kermode, Jean Rhys, Joseph Roth’s, Lois Lenski, Alex Ross, Louis Menand’s “, “, Mark Vanhoenacker —, I’ve, Maurice Girodias’s, Henry Miller, Girodias Organizations: Ducati Locations: Bologna, Paris

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