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Lou Lipsitz

Lou Lipsitz teaches political science at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. He’s the author of two books of poetry, Cold Water and Reflections on Samson.

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Poetry

Freud, 1938, Vienna

Vienna, 1938, Freud, eighty-two. / Nazis and their allies parade in the streets, / flag after flag and those raised arms, / ceaseless enthusiasm and hatred of the Jews. 

June 2014
Poetry

After A Dream

In the night I spoke of my father again / how he vanished suddenly

May 2010
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Reading A Swedish Poet

March 2009
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After My Grandfather’s Second Stroke

July 2008
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Reading Poetry To Ninety Men

October 2005
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Marriage

May 2004
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The Missing Father

September 2003
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging

July 2001
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Insomnia Poem

June 2001
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Selected Poems

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