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I heard Marilyn Hacker read poems from this collection back in March at the PSA’s “Tribute to Carcanet Press and Michael Schmidt.” Khalvati’s a master of the poem sequence. Highlights of this book for me included the sequence “The Inwardness of Elephants” and her corona, or sonnet cycle “Love in an English August”–not only deft Read More …
I’ve had this book for years. I think I bought it at a used bookstore or flea market, already a bit dog-eared and yellowing. I’ve been trying to work my way through it since I’ve returned from Jamaica (it’s a bit dry). My favorite bit so far? Describing the great earthquake of 1692 that sunk Read More …
I thought I had finished reading this about five years ago and realized I stopped half-way through…missing all the good poems in “Part 3: The Mango of Poetry” such as “County, Sligoville” and “Letter to Vincent van Gogh.” A happy Sunday discovery to read/re-read. I’m working on an “homage” poem to Lorna called “Workshops with Read More …
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 Read More …