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"The cheapest motel in Barstow..." (by Mitch Sisskind)

The cheapest motel in Barstow, There I received my education, Groaning air conditioner No match for faked orgasms Unavoidable through walls Nor could even the TV set prevail Over whores’ continual bogus Jollifications day and night. So never fake an... Continue reading

Posted 3 days ago at The Best American Poetry

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The Dog Man Nasko Hooten (by Mitch Sisskind)

The hard biting type dog like Grandpa Munster and Coco Clops And the wrestler type dog Like Snuffy and Black Eyed Pete -- Those are the main types of dogs. The hard biting dog likes to bite, He says, 'I... Continue reading

Posted Mar 19, 2013 at The Best American Poetry

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The APBT (by Mitch Sisskind)

Could anything be more self-sabotaging to a poetry career than writing about pit bull fanatics -- and not like Harvard Man George Plimpton goes slumming among the pit bull fanatics but from inside the heads of the pit bull fanatics... Continue reading

Posted Mar 11, 2013 at The Best American Poetry

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The Game With The Funny Ball [by Mitch Sisskind]

As the 2013 Super Bowl approaches, it's time to watch Vince Lombardi give a ten minute lecture on his favorite football play. If you're like me, you prefer to skip the introductory content that encumbers many Youtube clips, so just... Continue reading

Posted Jan 25, 2013 at The Best American Poetry

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Mitch Sisskind presents a poem by Nevin Schreiner

A poem by my writer friend of many years -->> The Big Bang This took place when they were half asleep The way you look when you roll over and say Huh? Dead brained, dream soaked Lava eyed. While engaged... Continue reading

Posted Aug 26, 2012 at The Best American Poetry

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This is the same coon repellent John Ashbery uses....

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Posted Jul 10, 2012 at The Best American Poetry

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More than thirty years ago I lived for a year in Cambridge MA and spent time in the Harvard undergraduate library. A young man who looked kind of like a bullfighter was always there, used to walk down the halls... Continue reading

Posted Jul 5, 2012 at The Best American Poetry

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Endless Genghis Khan adventure movie....

This goes on for about thirty more episodes -- in Chinese or Mongolian, your guess is as good as mine. Genghis Khan (real name: Temujin) was a pretty bad guy but what the hell. The Mongols under GK and his... Continue reading

Posted Jun 28, 2012 at The Best American Poetry

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That will teach you....

After more research on Olga Holtz, the beautiful math professor, I've come to an unfortunate conclusion. While she is clearly beautiful and brilliant, perhaps she is not a great teacher or lecturer. This is what I gather from her reviews... Continue reading

Posted Jun 21, 2012 at The Best American Poetry

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Additional (haha!) women of mathematics

If you watched the recently posted video of Staven Smale, you saw Professor Smale reference Amie Wilkinson of the University of Chicago. Perhaps before long I'll show you some of Amie's work on pathological foliation. Along with Dmitry Dolgopyat, Anatole... Continue reading

Posted Jun 11, 2012 at The Best American Poetry

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"No great problem is ever solved...."

I first heard of Steven Smale back in the '60s when he was a professor at Columbia. I was casually interested in mathematicians through my friendship with Bernie Berlowitz. In some ways Smale is a bit like Richard Feynman, both... Continue reading

Posted Jun 7, 2012 at The Best American Poetry

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"A Guide for the Perplexed" -- chpter. three (by Mitch Sisskind)

I wish to apoligize to my readers for the length of time it's taken me to post this new chapter. The emotional challenges (sniff, sniff, sob) of writing an autobiographical novel are intense, I will try to be more consistent... Continue reading

Posted Nov 3, 2011 at The Best American Poetry

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"A Guide for the Perplexed" -- chptr. two (by Mitch Sisskind)

An hour before noon Venice Beach was crowded, but something had changed in the rather extended period since my last visit. There were no longer any pit bulls strolling along with their masters. A prohibition against dogs, which at Venice... Continue reading

Posted Sep 1, 2011 at The Best American Poetry

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"A Guide for the Perplexed" -- chptr. one (by Mitch Sisskind)

A police car flashed lights in my mirror and I pulled to the curb. The cop approached -- young, Asian. I lowered my window as he wished me good morning. “I’m officer Tsai from the LAPD. Do you have your... Continue reading

Posted Aug 29, 2011 at The Best American Poetry

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A sonnet: The big Cub Scout Jamboree... (by Mitch Sisskind)

The big Cub Scout Jamboree – Must be summer of ’55 or ’56 -- Hundreds, perhaps thousands of Cub Scouts from across the city, And near the end a kid I don’t Know approaches me, he says, ‘You mouth off... Continue reading

Posted Jun 27, 2011 at The Best American Poetry

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Larry Rivers and Phoebe Legere

I really like Larry Rivers -- painter, musician, genuinely peculiar person, possibly dangerous to himself and others, a real hipster at heart. I've read his autobiography, entitled What Did I Do?, and enjoyed learning about his varied career. Since then... Continue reading

Posted Jun 11, 2011 at The Best American Poetry

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Joe Adamczyk (by Mitch Sisskind)

He was Joe Adamczyk and Eve Grabuskawa was her name. They owned a tavern called Adamczyk & Eve’s and they Called their sex life Grandma Fogarty. Nights as closing time approached Joe would say, ‘Eve, do you think ‘Grandma Fogarty... Continue reading

Posted Jun 5, 2011 at The Best American Poetry

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A Wild Ride Indeed...

How can we understand the astounding story of M. Dominique Strauss-Kahn? Is there a literary algorithm that can be applied? Oui! The character of Mr. Toad from Kenneth Grahame's Wind in the Willows can enlighten us. Wealthy, charming, manic, obsessive... Continue reading

Posted May 18, 2011 at The Best American Poetry

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IMF leader "frog marched" from police station

Isaac Singer stated that God is a pulp fiction writer, a supremely gifted and creative author of page-turner melodramas. If you seek to know The Truth, read Sidney Sheldon or Jackie Collins! Certainly the vignette of the "caviar socialist" who... Continue reading

Posted May 16, 2011 at The Best American Poetry

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Rachel and Mitch at McDonalds 5-12-2011

We've been going to McDonalds in the morning for the past few weeks. At this early hour I look even more like Pruneface than usual. I'm grateful to Rachel for being seen with me, much less hanging out with me.... Continue reading

Posted May 12, 2011 at The Best American Poetry

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Grandpa says Trump is racist! (by Mitch Sisskind)

Bob Schieffer, who covered the Confederate surrender at Appomatox, says that Trump's demand for Obama to release his school transcripts is a racist insult! What would Dick the Bruiser do? Trump says, 'That’s a terrible statement for a newscaster to... Continue reading

Posted Apr 29, 2011 at The Best American Poetry

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Trump! YES!!! (by Mitch Sisskind)

Many years ago I attended a demonstration against the Vietnam War. There was a television crew from CBS filming the event, recognizable by the "eye" logo on the side of the cameras. I noticed that the network had hired motorcycle... Continue reading

Posted Apr 28, 2011 at The Best American Poetry

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"Old Ladies Carrying Yoga Mats" (by Mitch Sisskind)

Old ladies carrying yoga mats Chain their bicycles to the Parking meters on Larchmont, Then head to the yoga room or Whatever it’s called above The newsstand. I salute them. I applaud these women, I admire them, I mentally compare... Continue reading

Posted Apr 18, 2011 at The Best American Poetry

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The Hidden Ones (by Mitch Sisskind)

The Hidden Ones Charles Parker known as Yardbird For his love of chicken whether Fried or roasted sometimes performed On a toy saxophone and occasionally Dozed off on the bandstand or failed To show up altogether. He was Jewish. Of... Continue reading

Posted Feb 14, 2011 at The Best American Poetry

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The Golden Ox: a love poem (by Mitch Sisskind)

You and I, my love, so many nights Driving on Clybourne past the Golden Ox In the years I was with Harrison Table Mat And later when I joined Quick Service Textiles At Walter Gips’ urging we still spoke frequently... Continue reading

Posted Jan 11, 2011 at The Best American Poetry

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