Modes of Imitation —Derived from Aristotle’s Poetics (350 BCE, translated by S. H. Butcher) there are persons who imitate…
William Walsh’s “Literary Pillars”
After examining three bookshelf walls in our home—one in the living room and two in the basement (one on the…
Two Texts for Bloomsday, by William Walsh
Below are two pieces derived from James Joyce’s collected letters. The first one plays on a comment from Ezra Pound…
A Sentence About a Sentence I Love, by William Walsh
“The cold air stung us and we played till our bodies glowed.” —James Joyce, from “Araby,” Dubliners (1914) I was…