Driving to Town Late to Mail a Letter (a review)
Guest blogger Girard Tournesol It was 1990 and I was cramming for my graduate thesis when I first heard about a new book that sought to reconnect men to their…
“Poor bird, (s)he’s obsessed!”
Reflections on Elizabeth Bishop’s “Sandpiper” Carrie Hohmann Campbell With the end of summer rapidly approaching and the next schoolyear already begun, I am reminded of Elizabeth Bishop’s “Sandpiper”. As a…
A Review of Wendell Berry: The Gathering
Wayne Swanger If you have not as yet discovered Wendell Berry you must do so. The man and his work are extraordinary. His poetry, fiction and essays are refreshing, insightful,…
On Joy Harjo’s “Perhaps the World Ends Here”
Deborah Sarbin An apocalyptic poem might not be everyone’s cup of tea, but when it’s as wise and comforting as U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo’s “Perhaps the World ends here,”…
In April’s Snow-filled Light
On Zagajewski’s “Try to Praise the Mutilated World" Philip Terman Today is the first of April --not only April Fool’s Day, but the first day of what has been called…
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The Ides of March, 2021
Patricia Thrushart “Soothsayer: Beware the ides of March. Caesar: What man is that? Brutus: A soothsayer bids you beware the ides of March.” — William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, c. 1599…