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Captioning Affirmative

Posted on July 18, 2014 by Francois Lachance

Any one who has watched a video resource with closed captioning (whether or not we are permanently deaf) owes a debt of gratitude to those who have gone before… https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/apr/21/alan-haythornthwaite-obituary Alan Haythornthwaite obituary From 1980 to 1998 he was manager … Continue reading →

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Unplucked by the Copy Editor

Posted on August 6, 2013 by Francois Lachance

The Gardens of Emily Dickinson by Judith Farr sports a close up of the stamens of a daylily on its cover and a fragment from Dickinson (1058) “Bloom — is Result” (in Emily’s hand?) It is up close that some … Continue reading →

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Tian

Posted on July 31, 2013 by Francois Lachance

The poem’s title “天天” is evidently reduplicative. This much the English reader who knows no Chinese can observe. The poet plays with this — the explanation is proceed by the image of drawing a lake to save a jumping girl … Continue reading →

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