I'm really beat because I was up too late last night reading A Tale of Two Cities, which I refused to read in high school because I was stupid. Anyway, the result is that tonight — again — I've only got a short link fest for you.
At Eratosphere I found a link to a marvelous essay on Richard Wilbur by David Mason, one of my favorite poets. His Arrivals is particularly fine.
At Arts & Letters Daily there's a link to an intriguing article on working class literacy which makes me even more furious at the damage done to English-language poetry in the 20th century. My great-grandmother, born shortly after the Civil War, never went to college, and I remember her reciting Whitman, Longfellow, and Tennyson. Maybe she wasn't quite so unusual in that regard.
Another blog added on the left: Michael Hoerman's Pornfeld.
Ivy will be here soon (New Hampshire, anyway) — and she's got a chap to sell. Ivy, do you want to trade? No color in mine, but it's 44 sonnets. And the rest of ya — mine is 3 bucks, including postage, or a trade. Just ask.
For those of you anywhere near Raleigh, NC, this Friday is the monthly poetry Stammer and I'm one of the featured readers. Email for info.
Reen has finished her giant religious poem, and I wanna read it. Even though I don't believe in any kind of spooks.
Does anybody even look at the Draft House? If you do, let me know, OK?
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