I am taking a break from writing brand new blog posts over the summer. Instead of posting new work … More
Tag: Duncan Kramer
Influences: Duncan Kramer
I met the furniture designer Duncan Kramer at summer camp. Not as kids but as what we laughingly called leaders. … More
Lifesaving Poems: Carol Rumens’s ‘Coming Home’
Some time ago I wrote about the importance to me of discovering, through my friend Duncan Kramer, the anthology The … More
Lifesaving Poems: Derek Mahon’s ‘Everything is Going to be All Right’
Everything is Going to be All Right How should I not be glad to contemplatethe clouds clearing beyond the dormer … More
Lifesaving Poems: On Hugo Williams and Douglas Dunn
I can remember exactly where I was when I first read these poems. It was on the balcony of the … More
Lifesaving Poems: Jaan Kaplinski’s ‘This morning was cold’
In my last blog post I wrote about the influence of social contexts upon one’s reading, specifically that of … More