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The Commonplace Book of Women! (by Jenny Factor)
"A real book is not one that we read, but one that reads us."W.H. Auden A recent mention of the 18th century commonplace book prompted me to dive into Susan Wise Bauer’s The Well-Educated…
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“Deconstructing Barry”
<< “Le style, c’est l’homme," a Frenchman said a long time ago. If style is indeed the man, and the man is on the verge of being nominated for the presidency of the United States,…
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It is of Realms unratified that Magic is made – ED
I love driving. Not commuting or running errands or city driving. I love the open road. I love the transition from suburbs to farm and fields, traveling the faces of land familiar or fresh.…
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“The Tribes” (by Jim Dolot)
The Tribes The round table of prepositions jumps out at Valetsky.The triangular table of verbs kneels to Goldberg.The hexagonal table of adjectives opts for Kaminsky.The two-dimensional table of nouns carries on with Edelstein.The septagonal…
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Wives of the Poets Part I – Phyllis Ammons
Roger Gilbert’s posts last week about A.R. Ammons ( see June 16-21)got me thinking about Phylllis Ammons, Archie’s wife of 52 years. In This is Just a Place, the 2004 issue of Cornell’s EPOCH…
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Nature’s People
Emily Dickinson’s poem #986, “A narrow Fellow in the grass,” quoted in my first blog entry this week engendered a bit of discussion as to the erotic nature of ED’s work. Another question arose…
