Round Up #2: “Four Things to Read” Issues 1-15
A Quick Reminder
This “Four Things To Read” roundup from the first fifteen issues of Four By Four is the
Richard Jeffrey Newman
A poet and essayist, I write about gender and sexuality, Jewish identity and culture, writing and translation. My goal? To make connections that matter. I also help other writers do the same.
Four by Four #46
Four Things To Read, Four Things To See, For Things To Listen To, and Four Things About Me
Round Up #1: “Four Things to See” Issues 1-15
If you’ve been reading “Four By Four” regularly, you know that each issue contains a curated collection of four
Lines That Didn’t Make The Cut #3
Lines That Didn’t Make The Cut #3
You know you are expected to respond,
that rules establish how to
Lines That Didn’t Make The Cut #4
Lines That Didn’t Make The Cut #4
You did not create
the arrogance
that lies in wait.
Wilted in
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A lesson I learn each time I think I’ve finished a manuscript: that’s when I need to let
Lines That Didn’t Make The Cut #2
Lines That Didn’t Make The Cut #2
They can’t be less inhuman than they are.
The line of
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“Time In The Rock”
And there I saw the seed upon the mountain
but it was not a seed it was a star
but
You Hate Me
You hate me, but you do not need my body for that. In fact, it’s much easier without my
Lines That Didn’t Make The Cut #1
Lines That Didn’t Make The Cut #1
...when I finally slept again, I reentered the house that wasn’t