Great Regulars: Of course, it's too early to know

what shape the reaction to the new depression will take. In the '30s, the very ideals of America were under fire as the suffering of millions reached sympathetic artists.

While [Frank] O'Hara's "Mediations in an Emergency" image sounds like the right one for these troubled days, the writers are behind the curve, much as they were after Sept. 11.

from Bob Hoover: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Poem gets a 'Mad' moment

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