Edgar Allan Poe & The Juke-Box: Uncollected Poems, Drafts, and Fragments
by Elizabeth Bishop
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Read in August, 2006
Clearly a labor of love for Alice Quinn. I found her copious endnotes far more pleasurable than the fragments and abandoned poems. Remind me to destroy my fragments folder before I die.
My favorite quotes:
"Translating poetry is like trying to put your feet into gloves."
"...the situation of the poet: the difficulty of combining the real with the decidedly un-real; the natural with the unnatural; the curious effect a poem produces of being as normal as sight, and...more
My favorite quotes:
"Translating poetry is like trying to put your feet into gloves."
"...the situation of the poet: the difficulty of combining the real with the decidedly un-real; the natural with the unnatural; the curious effect a poem produces of being as normal as sight, and...more
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Read in January, 2006
I resisted reading this for a year on the theory that what Bishop had witheld during her lifetime should be respected. I finally decided that my prissy stand was only denying me the pleasure of unread poems. She was mostly right and there is nothing here to compare with One Art, but much to enjoy.
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Her uncollected works. Some drafts are better than others. These are more raw, she's covering subjects that she didn't feel comfortable displaying to the public (namingly her relationship with Lota.) Good insight into her process.
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Really I just liked it because it shows the evolution of "One Art," 16 drafts or something. It's cool to see it progress from these rough scribbles to its remarkable finished form, and encouraging.
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I just don't know how I feel about this book...she did NOT WANT us to see all this stuff. And yet, she's my GIRL. I just couldn't resist it.
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Read in September, 2007
I find this strangely compelling, even though I am against pulling together someone's sketches and half-finished poems after they are dead.
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Read in July, 2007
Some interesting illustrations and new old poems in here, there's even one about Baltimore and its shiny rowhome stoops.
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Read in January, 2006
An indispensable collection for fans of Bishop's work. The notes are extensive and insightful.
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