Burton on Beer
I began reading The Anatomy of Melancholy on the recommendation of Ford Maddox Ford, who praised it in The March of Literature. He mentions that another of his favorite...
Read MoreThe Four Zoas of American Poetry
A causal reader of this blogh might conclude that I am an anti-intellectual when it comes to poetry. While I think any of my poems or prose or these posts would show...
Read MoreThe Cascadilla Poets
Sometime in 1999 I joined a writing group that subsequently called itself The Cascadilla Poets. Over the years I’ve been in many informal writing groups and they...
Read MoreEndangered Species
“I smiled sadly for a love I could not obey.” -David Bowie, Lady Stardust Finally, Endangered Species is done, or at least I have a complete draft to edit....
Read MoreThe Island
This is from Chekhov’s account of Sakhalin Island, a Russian Penal Colony and Place of Exile: Very little can be said about the intellectuals. To have to punish...
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