Tag Archives: Marianne Moore

“Even at its best a poem cannot come straight out of the heart, but must break away in some oblique fashion from the body of sorrow or joy…” — poet/editor Louise Bogan

“In a time lacking in truth and certainty, filled with anguish and despair, no woman should be shamefaced in attempting to give back to the world, through her work, a portion of its lost heart.” — Louise Bogan Louise Bogan … Continue reading

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The Books: Baseball: A Literary Anthology; “Baseball as the Bleachers Like It”, by Charles E. Van Loan

On the essays shelf (yes, there are still more books to excerpt in my vast library. I can’t seem to stop this excerpts-from-my-library project. I started it in 2006!) NEXT BOOK: Baseball: A Literary Anthology To my Mets fans readers, … Continue reading

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