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About riverwriter

Poet, playwright, duplicate bridge player, website designer, cottager, husband, father, grandfather, former athlete, carpenter, computer helper for my friends, theatre designer, backstage polymath, retired teacher of highschool English, drama, art, a baritone singer in a barbershop quartet, who knows what else? wordcurrents is on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wordcurrents/ Doug also has a Facebook page, "Incognitio", related to his novels.

About the Inaugural Poem

Obama’s Presidency may be the dawning of a new age, but the art of poetry may never recover. The poem “Praise Song for the Day,” written and recited by Elizabeth Alexander at President Obama’s inauguration on January 20, 2009, is … Continue reading

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insidious

Just a minute, Charmaine: I see one over there—shit! That bitch beat me to it! I’ll have to get back to you— No, I’m in the hardware section; you know, where that tall guy with the big blue eyes—no, I’m … Continue reading

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Review: Buried Child by Sam Shepard

Here is an evening worth driving a few hours for. It is dramatic yet funny, has a significant central theme and some outstanding performances and technical work; and in my books, that is a great combination. This is an intricate … Continue reading

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