Categories
Archives
-

-
Recent Posts
- “If I could say it in words there would be no reason to paint.” — Edward Hopper
- Happy Birthday, Edward Herrmann
- “The rhythm is jazz.” — Hart Crane
- “When I have an idea, I turn down the flame, as if it were a little alcohol stove, as low as it will go. Then it explodes, and that is my idea.” — Ernest Hemingway
- July 20, 1969: Tranquility
- “The reality is you don’t arrive, you don’t have a crone ceremony and suddenly get wisdom.” — Olympia Dukakis
- R.I.P. Jennifer Finch
- “I think something once broken and put back together is even stronger.” — Jared Padalecki
- “Didacticism is the death of art.” — poet Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson
- “Free Enterprise. The American Dream. Horatio Alger gone mad on drugs in Las Vegas. Do it now. Pure Gonzo journalism.” — Hunter S. Thompson
Recent Comments
- sheila on Physical Media Booklet Essay: Being scholarly about movies that don’t exist
- sheila on Physical Media Booklet Essay: Being scholarly about movies that don’t exist
- sheila on R.I.P. Jennifer Finch
- sheila on “I think something once broken and put back together is even stronger.” — Jared Padalecki
- Lyrie on Physical Media Booklet Essay: Being scholarly about movies that don’t exist
- Lyrie on “I think something once broken and put back together is even stronger.” — Jared Padalecki
- Lyrie on R.I.P. Jennifer Finch
- Lyrie on “I think something once broken and put back together is even stronger.” — Jared Padalecki
- sheila on “I’m not a yesterday’s woman. I’m a tomorrow’s woman.” — Barbara Stanwyck
- sheila on Happy Birthday, Chips Moman
- Ken on “I’m not a yesterday’s woman. I’m a tomorrow’s woman.” — Barbara Stanwyck
- Tony McCrorie on Happy Birthday, Chips Moman
- sheila on “Reality is diabolical.” — Ingmar Bergman
- sheila on Happy Birthday, Thomas Mitchell
- sheila on “Art is theft, art is armed robbery, art is not pleasing your mother.” — Janet Malcolm
- Roger Green on “Reality is diabolical.” — Ingmar Bergman
- Xandra de Vocht on The Books: “The Great Nebula in Orion” (Lanford Wilson)
- Bryan Summers on Happy Birthday, Thomas Mitchell
- Kristen Westergaard on “Art is theft, art is armed robbery, art is not pleasing your mother.” — Janet Malcolm
- sheila on “Art is theft, art is armed robbery, art is not pleasing your mother.” — Janet Malcolm
-
Tag Archives: Norton Anthology of Poetry
The Books: “The Norton Anthology of Modern and Contemporary Poetry” – Patrick Kavanagh
Daily Book Excerpt: Poetry The Norton Anthology of Modern and Contemporary Poetry, Volume 2: Contemporary Poetry, edited by Jahan Ramazani, Richard Ellmann, and Robert O’Clair Patrick Kavanagh, great and titanically angry Irish poet, was born in 1904, and while the … Continue reading
Posted in Books
Tagged Ireland, Irish poetry, Norton Anthology of Poetry, Patrick Kavanagh, poetry, politics
3 Comments
The Books: “The Norton Anthology of Modern and Contemporary Poetry” – Countee Cullen
Daily Book Excerpt: Poetry The Norton Anthology of Modern and Contemporary Poetry, Volume 2: Contemporary Poetry, edited by Jahan Ramazani, Richard Ellmann, and Robert O’Clair Another poet of the Harlem Renaissance, Melvin Tolson called Countee Cullen (nee Countee LeRoy Porter) … Continue reading
The Books: “The Norton Anthology of Modern and Contemporary Poetry” – Lorine Niedecker
Daily Book Excerpt: Poetry The Norton Anthology of Modern and Contemporary Poetry, Volume 2: Contemporary Poetry, edited by Jahan Ramazani, Richard Ellmann, and Robert O’Clair I had not heard of Lorine Niedecker, until this past January, when I took the … Continue reading
The Books: “The Norton Anthology of Modern and Contemporary Poetry” – Langston Hughes
Daily Book Excerpt: Poetry The Norton Anthology of Modern and Contemporary Poetry, Volume 2: Contemporary Poetry, edited by Jahan Ramazani, Richard Ellmann, and Robert O’Clair Hughes is one of the most American of poets. There were other poets of the … Continue reading
The Books: “The Norton Anthology of Modern and Contemporary Poetry” – Basil Bunting
Daily Book Excerpt: Poetry The Norton Anthology of Modern and Contemporary Poetry, Volume 2: Contemporary Poetry, edited by Jahan Ramazani, Richard Ellmann, and Robert O’Clair By all accounts, Basil Bunting was some kind of genius prodigy. He also was Iran … Continue reading
The Books: “The Norton Anthology of Modern and Contemporary Poetry” – Dorothy Parker
Daily Book Excerpt: Poetry The Norton Anthology of Modern and Contemporary Poetry, Volume 1: Modern Poetry, edited by Jahan Ramazani, Richard Ellmann, and Robert O’Clair Dorothy Parker was famous for her wit, sharp tongue, and incisive (sometimes brutal) opinions. After … Continue reading
The Books: “The Norton Anthology of Modern and Contemporary Poetry” – Austin Clarke
Daily Book Excerpt: Poetry The Norton Anthology of Modern and Contemporary Poetry, Volume 1: Modern Poetry, edited by Jahan Ramazani, Richard Ellmann, and Robert O’Clair In case you are wondering, the Norton Anthology is organized chronologically, by birth date of … Continue reading
Posted in Books
Tagged Austin Clarke, Ireland, Irish poetry, Norton Anthology of Poetry, poetry, Thomas Kinsella
Leave a comment
The Books: “The Norton Anthology of Modern and Contemporary Poetry” – E.E. Cummings
Daily Book Excerpt: Poetry The Norton Anthology of Modern and Contemporary Poetry, Volume 1: Modern Poetry, edited by Jahan Ramazani, Richard Ellmann, and Robert O’Clair E.E. Cummings was one of the few poets I responded to emotionally and viscerally when … Continue reading
The Books: “The Norton Anthology of Modern and Contemporary Poetry” – Hugh MacDiarmid
Daily Book Excerpt: Poetry The Norton Anthology of Modern and Contemporary Poetry, edited by Jahan Ramazani, Richard Ellmann, and Robert O’Clair All I know is is that Hugh MacDiarmid (born Christopher Murray Grieve) is one of the best known Scottish … Continue reading
The Books: “The Norton Anthology of Modern and Contemporary Poetry” – Edith Sitwell
I am going to get back into my Daily Book Excerpt thing that I haven’t done in over a year, for various reasons. The main one being my inability to read last year, and outside events that impacted my desire … Continue reading

