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January 26, 2018
Quora-doodling
Thalia, by Clive Hicks-Jenkins,
from my post-apocalyptic adventure
in blank verse, Thaliad
(Montreal: Phoenicia Publishing, 2012)
Clive is the answer to one
of the questions below.
I am busy scouring a novel and so offer a few Quora doodles in lieu of a proper post. These were written in little corners of time and often constitute a break from something larger--or you might say that they
from my post-apocalyptic adventure
in blank verse, Thaliad
(Montreal: Phoenicia Publishing, 2012)
Clive is the answer to one
of the questions below.
I am busy scouring a novel and so offer a few Quora doodles in lieu of a proper post. These were written in little corners of time and often constitute a break from something larger--or you might say that they
January 25, 2018
Bloggish
The Rollipoke News no. 6 went out yesterday... Thank you to new subscribers (subscription box at right.) I've been surprised by how many people have visited the post about young boys reading at a high level--evidently many are looking for such a list. And thanks to those of you who saw the sale post and ordered The Foliate Head at discount. Enjoy! Clive and I had some pleasant notes from buyers
January 23, 2018
A few more leafy heads--
I was under the impression that The Foliate Head (UK: Stanza Press) second printing was entirely cleaned out, but you can order a heavily discounted copy today: £2.00 instead of £15.00. Illuminations by Clive Hicks-Jenkins.
January 17, 2018
New poems at Mezzo Cammin
Three newish poems online at the polar bear issue! Bites from the openings:
Melville at Mooring
So frail and nearly mad, too old for seas,
Recalling Greylock like a cresting wave,
and
Zodiac
One of them is wandering with Bartram,
Tasting breast-of-heron, vision shaken
and
Family Storybook: Peter Rabbit
In the yard with the thrum of hummingbirds,
With zinnias rioting from coffee cans,
I
Melville at Mooring
So frail and nearly mad, too old for seas,
Recalling Greylock like a cresting wave,
and
Zodiac
One of them is wandering with Bartram,
Tasting breast-of-heron, vision shaken
and
Family Storybook: Peter Rabbit
In the yard with the thrum of hummingbirds,
With zinnias rioting from coffee cans,
I
Books for young boys who read at a high level
Updated January 24 I made this list for the son of friends--he is 8 and already reading young adult books, long past Lewis's Narnia and Rowling's Potter. A request for titles included asking for some suggestions of books from earlier eras, so there are quite a few older books.
Please add your own thoughts about books you loved as a boy or girl in the comments. You might think also do
Please add your own thoughts about books you loved as a boy or girl in the comments. You might think also do
January 15, 2018
Updatery
Brazilian photographer André Rainaud of Vitória, Espírito Santo
For the curious who must know and for the curious who are merely idle, well, I am barely back from a nine-day trip to North Carolina--all five of us shut up in a Tundra truck for 1800 miles round trip! And we survived and had no fights and no burst pipes at home, so that is lovely.
I have plunged back into frigid Cooperstown life
For the curious who must know and for the curious who are merely idle, well, I am barely back from a nine-day trip to North Carolina--all five of us shut up in a Tundra truck for 1800 miles round trip! And we survived and had no fights and no burst pipes at home, so that is lovely.
I have plunged back into frigid Cooperstown life
January 6, 2018
Epiphany
#EpiphanyChapel
#WinchesterCathedral
#PeterOrr
#WinchesterCathedral
#PeterOrr
January 5, 2018
Twelfth Night, with poems online
"Murmurs of the Crones in Hackmatack" and "Cronesong" are up at The Orchards Poetry Journal. Catherine Chandler, Philip Quinlan, Corey Mesler, Kevin Durkin, Andrew Frisardi, and more are included.
January 3, 2018
Resolves and best-laid plans, 2018
Janusz Hylinski at sxc.hu
Last year was a year of much travel for me--three trips from Cooperstown to western North Carolina, one long stay in Worcester, Massachusetts at the American Antiquarian Society, a trip to Paris, and a trip to Japan. This year will also have some travel, but I mean to make better use of time when I am at home. As I have a husband and three children plus lots of
Last year was a year of much travel for me--three trips from Cooperstown to western North Carolina, one long stay in Worcester, Massachusetts at the American Antiquarian Society, a trip to Paris, and a trip to Japan. This year will also have some travel, but I mean to make better use of time when I am at home. As I have a husband and three children plus lots of
January 1, 2018
Happy New Year
Happy New Year! And today is also the 8th day of Christmas, and so is the Feast of the Holy Name. Here's a gift for the day, a peek at Judy Dench reveling in trees and Shakespeare in this sometimes elegiac documentary from the BBC. Produced and directed by Harvey Lilley. Anthony Geffen, Executive Producer.
