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Well… there are few more "decorated" American poets living. We'll leave such judgements to the critics, though. I've never really connected
with her style/message. It seems to me that poetry—like many of the sciences—has become so specialized! (I'm not speaking of Gluck, here.) Young poets regularly "break through" with a book that is essentially a wail about injustice of one sort or another. Political, for wont of a better word. Leaves me cold. I'm old fashioned, I suppose, and want celebration, want someone to encourage me to examine some fascinating thing further. Animal, vegetable, mineral—doesn't matter. But someone interested in craft (precious little of that, nowadays), as well as message.
In any case, I agree you shouldn't "worry." You're right, with a little digging you'll come up with something worthwhile. Warm regards! FH
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I read every day...
and I am always on the outlook for suggestions on what to read next. Social media comes out with a "must read" book list every summer... of the 45 books on a recent list I short listed ten that I haven't read before or "might" be interested in. I haven't ...
Gluck: good fortune/good luck, in German...
Seems like a good place to start! Cheers Drew
Currently finishing....
Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder and to be followed-up by The Dream of Reason by Anthony Gottlieb. I made one list and that one's more than enough since it's the only one I can aspire for having the time to accomplish consuming . Cheers, Filip
Filip, these two titles don't surprise me ; )
What's the last book you enjoyed that was not about philosophy? Just asking? I read a lot of non-fiction, but enjoy the occasional toe in the water with a good mystery. Casey
I'm afraid....
it's been a while , but I did read Phil Collins' autobiography, Sir Michael Caine's autobiography and a few fictionalized novels by Steve Martin - The Pleasure of my Company, An Object of Beauty and Shopgirl. I would like to read Martin's non-fiction book...
I have always read...
and enjoyed books like "The Shipping News" the 1993 novel by E. Annie Proulx, and most of her novels and collected stories. But it all went to a new level after reading "Personal History", the 1997 autobiography of Washington Post publisher Katharine Grah...
Proulx...
"Quoyle woke in the empty room. Grey light. A sound of hammering. His heart. He lay in his sleeping bag in the middle of the floor. The candle on its side. Could smell the wax, smell the pages of the book that lay open beside him, the dust in the floor cr...
I have been doing a little research on Louise Glück
and feel comfortable picking up a copy of "A Village Life". Thanks for the two sonnets. There can be similarities between poetry and photography... less so with prose with notable exceptions such as "Istanbul: Memories and the City" the largely melancholi...
Well… there are few more "decorated" American poets living. We'll leave such judgements to the critics, though. I've never really connected
with her style/message. It seems to me that poetry—like many of the sciences—has become so specialized! (I'm not speaking of Gluck, here.) Young poets regularly "break through" with a book that is essentially a wail about injustice of one sort or another....
Like you, I read every day...
...I recently finished After the Fire by Henning Mankell (so good) and now I am reading (and enjoying) The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon. I am awaiting the next Inspector Gamache crime novel by Louise Penny (expected August publication). Thanks ...
orahu... thanks for the selections... I have read the two authors...
I enjoy a good Kurt Wallander mystery and knew about the author's time in Mozambique... I have a bit of Swedish blood in me as both my maternal grandparents immigrated from Northern Sweden. Do you read Mankell in the original language? I always check the ...
I do not read Mankell in Swedish...
...but I understand your care in knowing more about a translator. This particular book is not part of the Wallander series. It is a very introspective look at aging and relationships, against a timeless backdrop of small Swedish island, with plenty of int...
