Tag Archives: Edith Sitwell

“Sunlight on a broken column.” — T.S. Eliot

It’s T.S. Eliot’s birthday. Poets like William Carlos Williams and Hart Crane both said that they needed to forcibly divorce themselves from Eliot’s influence in order to be able to write. His language and influence had that strong a pull. … Continue reading

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“I have often wished I had time to cultivate modesty… but I am too busy thinking about myself.” — poet Edith Sitwell

Born on this day. I don’t remember Sitwell being “read” in my poetry class in college, and I don’t remember her being covered in my English or Humanities classes in high school. She doesn’t seem to be one of the … Continue reading

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Dynamic Duo #36

Edith Sitwell and Marilyn Monroe, 1953

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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

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“a beautiful little knitter”

I enjoyed talking to her, but thought nothing of her writing. I considered her ‘a beautiful little knitter.’ — Edith Sitwell on Virginia Woolf

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