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Arlie crawled into bed next to me and placed her head on my shoulder. I cracked the spine of our copy of Shel Silverstein’s “Where the Sidewalk Ends” and flipped through the pages until the Magic: The ...

Editor's Note: This essay appeared in Cognoscenti's newsletter of ideas and opinions, delivered weekly on Sundays. To become a subscriber, sign up here. I don’t know much about poetry, in an academic ...

Brad Kraft will perform "Dirty Feet," his tribute to the songs of Shel Silverstein, on Aug. 10. Artist and musician Brad Kraft said he first encountered the work of Shel Silverstein the way many of us ...

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