Epistolary Ecstasy
A while back, I read a selection of letters of Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg: Hand-written, wild-typed marvels and postcards, written and sent from around the world—on work, books, loves, life, loss, Dharma, and gossip….
Category: Reading
Introduction to Poets: Adrienne Rich (Wednesday 18 April)
For our fifth Introduction to Poets discussion, Becca Gorley will share with us her appreciation of Adrienne Rich. We will meet on Wednesday 18 April at 7:30 p.m. at the home of Katy Didden– 3538…
Written in the Margins of a Page in a Book by George Steiner
Pain is our teacher Our nurturer of memory Our judge of the quotidian Our provocateur for empathy Give pain your respect
One Day
When you are twenty-seven And at last done Done DONE with medical school We should do a marathon/festival of words Reciting poetry to each other Then writing off of the lines of Neruda, Szymborska And…
Some Questions for My Students and Friends Who Are Making Their Way through The Book of Mev
Mev was really into photography. What is it that you are into? What are some of your own experiences of being accompanied by others and accompanying others? Which poems have you loved so much that,…