The Australian poet and critic Clive James has just released two new books—a
fine way to start a year when everyone thought you’d be dead
[http://www.theguardian.com/culture/clive-james]
Today is one of those days.
My body reminds me of its firm limits,
the bark contouring a twig,
the sheer face of a rocky ledge.
Hard edges. I want to burst forth
Even though horror movies aren’t suffering at the box office there is something
missing from the genre: the horror. Many moviegoers are looking for a quick
scare, and Hollywood reflects this. Year
Years ago I enrolled in my first graduate class: an overview of literary
criticism by the chairman of the English department. For many of my classmates
with B.A.s in English, the
Contemporary artists Bruce Herman and Makoto Fujimura have collaborated with
composer Chris Theofanidis in a multi-media exhibition called QU4RTETS in
response to T.S. Eliot’s Four Quartets. Premiering at Baylor University (2013)