Ahem, pay attention class. Time for the weekly lesson ... (raises chalk in hand and approaches board behind him -- then freezes).
I have no lesson for you today, or really anytime. It's a persona I put on just to help me phrase things here.
And that's especially true today, since I can offer nothing better than a link (which, as usual, you'll have to copy-and-paste into your browser, I'm afraid) to three things much better than I can offer.
Or, perhaps you'd enjoy some winter exercise like a walk to the public library in your neighborhood.
In either case, Poetry magazine's December 2008 issue has three articles I can recommend to you enthusiastically.
An interview with Seamus Heaney, a memoir by Fannie Howe and a book review by Michael Robbins all deal with subjects I've touched on here -- and in far greater depth than I can.
They are at poetryfoundation.org . Just click on the magazine cover in the upper right corner of the home page, then click on "Table of Contents." Scroll down that page to find the articles.
Enjoy!
2 comments:
What?! No lesson! Oh well...
Why do you not hyperlink to the site?
I don't permit hyperlinks in my text, at least for now.
It's partly meant to remind the reader that "doing the homework" is the way to get the most out of this blog: "You gotta cut and paste, and you gotta scan!" ;)
And there -was- a lesson: it's that lots of views exist on the topics I talk about, and they're all worth turning over in your mind.
Thank you for your comments. They're really encouraging! :)
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