Apocalyptic neo-Symbolism. With some tangential comment on the pedestrian state of contemporary poetry.
Littlefoot: Charles Wright's elegiac awareness
Charles Wright’s book-length poem Littlefoot declares in its second line: You can’t go back, you can’t repeat the unrepeatable. You can look back, though. In Littlefoot, written in 2007, the year he […]
Is that a poet in your pocket, or…?
“You will never be alone with a poet in your pocket,” John Adams wrote to his son, John Quincy, in May of 1781. Today, nearly 230 years later, plenty of people are […]
Dazzling meditations—Review: Sestets by Charles Wright
In his most recent collection of poems, Sestets, Charles Wright manages to capture more in six lines than most poets say in volumes. The volume’s sixty-six poems, six lines each, read like […]
TunesDay: name those bands…
…and win a prize! Recently I was moving into my new office and decided to do something at least a little interesting on my walls. First I put these together – artistic […]
Assigning blame where it's due: The authors responsible for how Scrogues write (part 5)
Writers who shaped the consciousnesses, and influenced the styles, of Scholars and Rogues. Wendy Redal Hermann Hesse, especially for Narcissus & Goldmund: His study of the tension between reason and emotion as […]
Assigning blame where it's due: The authors responsible for how Scrogues write (part 4)
Writers who shaped the consciousnesses, and influenced the styles, of Scholars and Rogues. Denny Wilkins I wrote and edited news and commentary for a living for 20 years. I, as they say, […]
Assigning blame where it's due: The authors responsible for how Scrogues write (Part 3)
Writers who shaped the consciousnesses, and influenced the styles, of Scholars and Rogues. J.S. O’Brien The most influential writer and book of my life didn’t influence my writing style one bit (thank […]
Assigning blame where it's due: The authors responsible for how Scrogues write (part 2)
Writers who shaped the consciousnesses, and influenced the styles, of Scholars and Rogues. Lex As a reader of mostly non-fiction, with its division by subject rather than author, this is kind of […]
Assigning blame where it's due: The authors responsible for how Scrogues write (part 1)
Writers who shaped the consciousnesses, and influenced the styles, of Scholars and Rogues. Jim Booth F. Scott Fitzgerald for his prose style — Ernest Hemingway for his prose style — Thomas Wolfe […]
