“Song of the Shattering Vessels” by Peter Cole from Hymns & Qualms: New and Selected Poems and Translations. © Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, 2017. ORIGINAL TEXT AND AUDIO - 2017 It’s Independence Day, the day the United States celebrates the adoption of the Declaration of Independence (1776) and the separation of the original 13 colonies from the British Empire. If you’re a chicken, hide: Americans are expected to barbeque about 700 million pounds of your brethren this year. More than 150 million hot dogs will be consumed, as well.
TWA from Tuesday, July 4, 2017
TWA from Tuesday, July 4, 2017
TWA from Tuesday, July 4, 2017
“Song of the Shattering Vessels” by Peter Cole from Hymns & Qualms: New and Selected Poems and Translations. © Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, 2017. ORIGINAL TEXT AND AUDIO - 2017 It’s Independence Day, the day the United States celebrates the adoption of the Declaration of Independence (1776) and the separation of the original 13 colonies from the British Empire. If you’re a chicken, hide: Americans are expected to barbeque about 700 million pounds of your brethren this year. More than 150 million hot dogs will be consumed, as well.