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Alan Feldman

Alan Feldman is an American poet who taught poetry writing on a cruise ship this winter (his winter, Australia's summer) and visited the art museums in Brisbane, Sydney, and Melbourne for the first time. He was also able to complete a MOOC course in finance from the University of Michigan. His latest collection, Immortality, was published by the University of Wisconsin Press this March. He holds a Ph.D. in American literature, and is the author of a critical study of Frank O'Hara, as well as a novel for children, a number of poetry collections, and a book about teaching first-generation college students.

Future Value

My finance teacher, with a voice like Ghandi’s, is trying to explain the concept of future value. He says we’ll like finance, because it’s like time travel. He says it’s nothing like accounting, which is all about tallying up the …

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