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My Pandemic Year in Books
So Many Books, So Little Time
I could have sworn that I’d read far fewer books this year than Read More -
Since I Don’t Speak German…
… I thought I’d try translating Rainer Maria Rilke‘s great poem, “Archaïsch Read More
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On Carol Bass’s Ripple Effect
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I am blown away. Flummoxed. Read More
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Poetry Month 2016: Nicky Beer
Marlene Dietrich Reads Rilke on the Lido, 1937
The beach is vulgar, the resort salted
like dead fish Read More -
David Giannini: An Interview (Part Two)
[Today’s post concludes my interview with David Giannini. Read More
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Adios, Adrienne Rich
Adrienne Rich,Early and Late
How many thousands pass on every day? How many poets? I don Read More
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Friday Notebook 11.04.11
There is little in my notebook this week beyond a few stray quotes drawn from my reading and a raw Read More
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The Interpreted World
Israel Rosenfield, in his review of Oliver Sacks‘s The Mind’s Eye:
The creation of a coh Read More