Schlagwort: Judith Shulevitz

Poets reading

„Poetry readings“ boomen in den Staaten, und das droht noch zuzunehmen nach der Millionenspende für das Poetry magazine. Aber ist das wünschenswert? But anyone who has sat through the typical poetry reading — the recitation of difficult verse in a strange, singsongy voice; the… Continue Reading „Poets reading“

Female Victorian poets: beauty in constraint

After all, poetic composition is the art of finding beauty in constraint, of turning limitation into aesthetic opportunity, and that, we know, is a feat these women were forced to perform incessantly. As Dickinson, with her great talent for ambivalence, put it: Essential Oils… Continue Reading „Female Victorian poets: beauty in constraint“