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Poetry: “Adam”

JL;DR SUMMARY Robin Rosen Chang's poem "Adam," as discussed by poetry editor Alicia Ostriker, offers a fresh and humorous take on the well-trodden myth of Adam and Eve. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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PoetryFreudSymbolismAdam And EveAlicia OstrikerHumorGenderMythologyImageryRobin Rosen Chang

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Plainfield, New Jersey, United States
"Shes the co-founder and co-director of The Fields Poetry Reading Series, based in Plainfield, New Jersey."

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