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“Spoon River Anthology” (1915) by Edgar Lee Masters, a collection of autobiographical verse monologues in epitaph form, was named by Eliot Weinberger as the “century’s most influential book of American poetry” alongside T.S. Eliot’s “Waste Land.” A new book on Masters from University of Illinois Press is a good occasion for examining the neglected subject of Spoon River’s Jews. An attorney who fought for workers’ rights, Masters has been described as a “violent antisemite,” possibly in part due to his association with the novelist Theodore Dreiser, who did indeed loath...

These violent, sick murderers and child sex monsters are out on our streets after being paroled in the past two years. One took part in a gruesome killing where their victim's head was severed with a tomahawk and used as a bowling ball and a puppet. Another was caught on hospital CCTV smothering her baby in its cot, and one is a notorious former bikie involved in a shopping centre shootout. We look at six of our most notorious killers and paedophiles released onto southeast Queensland streets in recent years. It considered a massive 6511 parole matters last financial year and released 26...

Wrestling: 'Letting loose' pays off for Pickerington North's Erik Gomez ThisWeek group Not only has Erik Gomez become one of Pickerington North’s most successful wrestlers, but coach Derek Oney sees the senior as perhaps the Panthers’ most exciting competitor. “He’s not flashy. He’s technical but he uses some high-amplitude moves that get people fired up. I don’t think he realizes he does, but he does,” Oney said. “That’s how he practices and competes.” Gomez smiled at the suggestion but shrugged it off while crediting his success – and any drawing power – to a change...