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Auden in Iceland
I'm reading (again) "Letters from Iceland," by W. H. Auden and Louis MacNiece. In this excerpt, Auden makes observations of Icelandic poetry and gives an example of a form that strikes me as being…
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All Mozart, All the Time (Kudos to Sandy McClatchy)
Congratulations go to J. D. McClatchy [shown here, left, with James Merrill in 1988] on the publication of Seven Mozart Librettos (Norton), his verse translations of The Magic Flute and The Abduction from the Seraglio from the…
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What would Kafka do? One more reason to love him.
In July, 1923, Franz Kafka was staying at the vacation colony of Volksheim, where he was loved and cared for by Dora Diamant, the cook. Pietr Citati recounts a dinner given in honor of…
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This just in: Have a seat, I mean a pen . . .
One of my favorite blogs is The Improvised Life. I read it often for inspiration (check out this post on Tolstoy), so when they ran a series about painted furniture, I corresponded with the…
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Happy Birthday, Wystan Auden
Their Lonely Betters As I listened from a beach-chair in the shade To all the noises that my garden made, It seemed to me only proper that words Should be withheld from vegetables and…
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Bits and Bobs Feb 20-26
Next week: guest bloggers return with Nic Sebastian. Thursday, March 3, 7:00 pm: Monk books launch with Mark Strand’s MYSTERY AND SOLITUDE IN TOPEKA, poems and original art. 192 Books, 21st Street & 10th…
