The unexamined life’s no different from … More
Tag: Charles Wright
The Year of Living Deeply 6: When One Book Leads to Another Book
I have been writing recently about going deeper, not wider. Listening to music I already possess, reading the books already … More
The Year of Living Deeply 13: Reading the books I already possess
As I was saying the book that I bought and then did not read and which caught my eye recently is Now … More
Lifesaving Poems: Tom Andrews’s ‘Reading Frank O’Hara in the Hospital’
Reading Frank O’Hara in the Hospital 1 The IV drips its slow news. So long, lean and turbulent morning! … More
Lifesaving Poems: Charles Wright’s ‘After Reading Tu Fu, I Go Outside to the Dwarf Orchard’
After Reading Tu Fu, I Go Outside to the Dwarf Orchard East of me, west of me, full summer. … More
Lifesaving Poems
I was struck by a remark of Seamus Heaney in an interview he gave some years ago now. He was … More
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