The Gay Rub

Over Christmas, when I was home visiting my parents in Bethlehem, PA, I trekked over to Nisky Hill and the Public Library to do rubbings of H.D.’s grave and historical marker. Finding a flat grave after a fresh snowfall is quite the challenge, but I’ve shown many a visitor those sites over the years and Read More …

H.D.’s Trilogy

Of all of H.D.’s work, next to Notes on Thought and Vision (which proves a good key or legend to understanding Trilogy) this is my favorite and I suspect her most important epic poem (though I am fond of Helen in Egypt andHermetic Definitiontoo). Trilogy consists of three books: These Walls Do Not Fall; Tribute to the Angels; and The Read More …