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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.
December 30, 2017
Some books I read, 2017
Selected Reads and Rereads
I'm not sure how much of a picture this gives of my reading, since a great deal of it is piecemeal (especially with poetry) and not shown here. But it is a part-picture of a ramble through the year. And you can probably puzzle out something or other about my current manuscript by a study of these books.
Currently I'm reading some MacFarlane, some Denis Johnson, and
I'm not sure how much of a picture this gives of my reading, since a great deal of it is piecemeal (especially with poetry) and not shown here. But it is a part-picture of a ramble through the year. And you can probably puzzle out something or other about my current manuscript by a study of these books.
Currently I'm reading some MacFarlane, some Denis Johnson, and
December 28, 2017
Bontasaurus poetry assemblage & more
Dave Bonta's second annual list of poetry books of the year is up, each chosen by a different writer:
Just like last year, I thought I’d put out a call to poetry readers to contribute to a favorite poetry books list that doesn’t pay much heed to critical fashions or even date of publication. I asked people to try to select a single favorite book, which I realize is a tough assignment… and not
Just like last year, I thought I’d put out a call to poetry readers to contribute to a favorite poetry books list that doesn’t pay much heed to critical fashions or even date of publication. I asked people to try to select a single favorite book, which I realize is a tough assignment… and not
Bontasaurus poetry assemblage
Dave Bonta's second annual list of poetry books of the year is up, each chosen by a different writer:
Just like last year, I thought I’d put out a call to poetry readers to contribute to a favorite poetry books list that doesn’t pay much heed to critical fashions or even date of publication. I asked people to try to select a single favorite book, which I realize is a tough assignment… and not
Just like last year, I thought I’d put out a call to poetry readers to contribute to a favorite poetry books list that doesn’t pay much heed to critical fashions or even date of publication. I asked people to try to select a single favorite book, which I realize is a tough assignment… and not
December 26, 2017
St. Stephen's Day, Wren Day, the 2nd Day of Christmas
Carlo Crivelli's St. Stephen, 1476The Demidoff AltarpieceNational Gallery, LondonRead about it here
Jack Yeats, "Wren Boys"Source: @LissadellHouse, twitterRead about The Hunting of the Wren here
Jack Yeats, "Wren Boys"Source: @LissadellHouse, twitterRead about The Hunting of the Wren here
December 25, 2017
On the first day of Christmas
Clive Hicks-Jenkins, "The Armouring of Gawain," 2017
Silkscreen in collaboration with Daniel Bugg, Penfold Press
Last year this print was a Christmas present (highly appropriate because "Gawain" is a winter's tale, a Christmas story), and this year my husband and I framed art from Clive Hicks-Jenkins, Beth Adams, Ruth Sanderson, and our Japan trip in time for Christmas. "The Armouring of
Silkscreen in collaboration with Daniel Bugg, Penfold Press
Last year this print was a Christmas present (highly appropriate because "Gawain" is a winter's tale, a Christmas story), and this year my husband and I framed art from Clive Hicks-Jenkins, Beth Adams, Ruth Sanderson, and our Japan trip in time for Christmas. "The Armouring of
December 21, 2017
Christmas card
from "The Snow Queen" in The Snow Queenand Other stories--an oversize Golden Book
with illustrations by Adrienne Segur
I pored over my copy of The Snow Queen and Other Stories when I was a small child as blonde and blue-eyed as an Adrienne Segur character. Later little gold crowns ringed my pupils and my eyes turned green. My hair would darken. Back then I had a deep love for Segur's
with illustrations by Adrienne Segur
I pored over my copy of The Snow Queen and Other Stories when I was a small child as blonde and blue-eyed as an Adrienne Segur character. Later little gold crowns ringed my pupils and my eyes turned green. My hair would darken. Back then I had a deep love for Segur's
December 15, 2017
Happy 25th, Bright Hill!
Saturday, December 16th will bring a celebration of Bright Hill Literary Center and Press in Treadwell, New York. Founded by writer Bertha Rogers in the upper Catskills, the center is now 25 years old and promises to be overrun with poets and story makers all afternoon! Please come if you're in the area.
And there will be a reading to accompany a Bright Hill anthology launch. I'll be the
And there will be a reading to accompany a Bright Hill anthology launch. I'll be the
December 13, 2017
St. Lucy's Day lights--
Saint Lucy (Lucia) of Syracuse as portrayed by art student Mary MacArthur of the Catholic Illustrator's Guild--she did this piece in a figure drawing class (and made a few additions) back in 2010. I had never heard of the CIG before this, but as I love Fra Angelico, I like their motto: Fra Angelico ora pro nobis. Instead of presenting St. Lucy's eyes on a gold plate, Mary MacArthur gives us
