If you happen to be driving in Northern Michigan and need a good book shop, try some of these locales. They might not all still be in buisness, so if you know any gossip or know a book store I left out, please drop me a line. Thank you.
Bridge Street Book Shop. 407 […]
Now, all of you who actually have a copy of a 1st edition, 1st printing of a Faber and Faber (1965) Ariel by Sylvia Plath or an autographed Ted Hughes edition of his Janos Csokits translations (reading: “To Janos / from Ted / April 1967” … at a mere $12,995) raise your hand.
I thought so.
The […]
Some people say they have bits of verse or TV jingles that have stayed with them all their adult lives.
When I was a small child I spent two summers in Italy on archaeological digs with my parents at the Tuscan fortified farmhouse of Spinocchia, in the foothills between Sienna and Florence. Yes, I was […]
The Mexican poet, essayist and translator Octavio Paz wrote in Alejandra Pizarnik’s introduction to Árbol de Diana, “[the book] does not conatin a single false detail.”1 These were, Paz demanded, Pizarnik’s finest poems. That might be true.
What I find interesting about Árbol de Diana is that even though the sections are […]
Which famous, dead, white poet are you? brought to you by Quizilla
Here is something laboring under the burden of potential; Quizilla’s Which Famous, Dead, White Poet Are You? allows you to pick from nine poets, all very Anglo, and very beloved by the Canon. You take a “test,” tally your score and […]