Author: Aaron Barlow

Call for Book Proposals

Shakespeare’s Sister, Inc. is looking for non-fiction books to publish through the print-on-demand service lulu.com. Check below the fold for details.It’s possible for anyone to publish through lulu.com.  In...

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"Daddy" Becomes "DeLay"

Sylvia Plath, you are one of my favorite poets, though 40 years dead.  So forgive what I have done to your poem “Daddy.” See it, below the fold:DeLay You do not do, you do not do Any more, black shoe In which we...

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Phil Ochs and Optimism

Happy birthday, Phil Ochs!  I only wish you could be here to share it with us… you would be 65 today. I’ve been a fan of yours for almost exactly 40 years, still remembering quite clearly the first sound of your...

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Phil Ochs and the Invasion of Iraq

On Monday, December 19th, Phil Ochs, the great topical songwriter of the sixties, would be 65 years old had he lived. Ochs was certainly a voice of his own age, but he speaks surprisingly well to the situations we find ourselves...

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