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Wordplay: Riveted

January 22, 2018 by Spencer German

In this week’s edition of Wordplay with George Bilgere and John Donoghue, a riveting set of poems:

– August, by John Updike
– The Bad Muse, by Lawrence Raab
– At Home, by Josh Mehegan
– Ordnance on Arrival, by Robyn Sirah
– Slum Lords, by John Updike

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