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Fair Warning

“Genuine love for poetry means a love for specific texts—ones that have startled or moved you in unforgettable ways. This love has nothing to do with the author of a text, who is merely the historical...

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Consumed

Aspiring writer? I have my suspicions, especially when those words come from an adult. Enough. Writing is the most difficult work I know. Ben Jonson: “For a man to write well, there are required three...

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“Less than fifteen per cent of the people do any original thinking on any subject. The greatest torture in the world for most people is to think.”...

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Unearned Increment

Ours is a shameful time of no reply (to borrow from Nick Drake). Feel free to send along your compliments, a copy of your newly published book—and enjoy no response whatsoever. Little interest in...

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What Was Lost

I open by alluding to the work of Herbert Morris, unfairly overlooked amid triumphant commercialism, disposable art…shameless, unabashed self-promotion. Taxing intelligence, quietly insisting: reader...

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