Greetings, earth people, from the (pain) planet failure. Here, the atmosphere is different. The stars are different. The entire sense…
Joy to the Reader When Reading Gass’s The Tunnel
How can I contain myself? (But perhaps the question is: how could Gass both contain and not contain himself to…
Happy Birthday, Emily Dickinson!
John Domini has reminded me that 180 years ago today Dickinson was born. Recently, I was told by someone that…
See Emily Play
Studying botany from an early age, some believe she was better known as a gardener than a poet during her…
Loving Lowell
Having just finished reading Lord Weary’s Castle, Robert Lowell’s second book of poetry, a collection consisting mainly of revisions of…