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·Dec 18, 2018

Stanzas in the Snow

Four wintertime poems from Keats, Dickinson, Stevens, and Bishop Nothing stirs the poetic imagination like a winter landscape. Boundless fields of snow become blank canvases for the mind to paint on. Brisk winds enliven the senses. The sight of trees, branches laid bare by death’s touch, quickens the heart. As…

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Stanzas in the Snow
Stanzas in the Snow
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·Nov 20, 2018

On the Delights and Difficulties of Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson (1830–1886) is one of the greatest poets to have graced the English language — and one of the strangest. Her genius is truly sui generis. During the four decades of her writing life, she lived in near-isolation from the larger world of letters. Though she corresponded with several…

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On the Delights and Difficulties of Emily Dickinson
On the Delights and Difficulties of Emily Dickinson
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·Oct 19, 2018

On the Magic of Melville

or, Why You Should Read Moby-Dick Again Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick was published 167 years ago this week. With its experimentation and extravagance, the novel has puzzled and delighted readers for generations. Far from simply telling a maritime tale, Melville offers us panoramas of pinpoint description, cascades of symphonic sentences, and…

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On the Magic of Melville
On the Magic of Melville
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·Sep 26, 2018

On the Pleasures and Perils of Romanticism

“To romanticize the world is to make us aware of the magic, mystery and wonder of the world.” — Novalis Two hundred years ago, the Romantic movement in England was in full swing. Indeed, 1818 was something of a bellwether year for the Romantic poets. The first generation of Romantics…

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On the Pleasures and Perils of Romanticism
On the Pleasures and Perils of Romanticism
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·Nov 15, 2017

On the Poetry of Praise over Posterity

Re-reading William Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 55” “Not marble, nor the gilded monuments Of princes, shall outlive this powerful rhyme…” Two and a half millennia ago, the Greek philosopher Heraclitus remarked that “time is a game played beautifully by children.” Heraclitus seems to suggest that children are unaware of the passing of…

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On the Poetry of Praise over Posterity
On the Poetry of Praise over Posterity
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