Just got off the phone with Donald Hall, who is "back to writing" after a depressing hiatus lasting two and a half years. He writes every morning, mainly "going over poems" begun months ago. The New Yorker took one, The Atlantic took two, of the new ones. "It’s wonderful to be working again."
Don has a new memoir, Unpacking the Boxes, and was reading from it the other day. The unfurling of a scroll with a lot of "whereas" clauses from the Governor of New Hampshire culminated in the proclamation that September 20, 2008, is officially Donald Hall Day. "And it’s a school holiday," Don said. Saturday!
— DL