I changed my blog platform to WordPress. It’s been wonkier than I expected, but I’ll manage. Thank you for visiting and I hope to fill in more content over the next month. In the meantime, please take a look at blog posts I imported from the old site. They discuss how attending poetry readings as… Continue reading Here It Is
Gary Snyder in the Library of America
I am fascinated by publishers who choose to curate classic collections. I enjoy looking through the lists of the Library of America, Knopf/Doubleday Everyman’s Library, and Modern Library Torchbearers. Something about the blend of books previously read and those new to me excites me. I think it’s the opportunity to re-experience the old ground of… Continue reading Gary Snyder in the Library of America
Austin and Ntozoke Shange
Austin was amazing. I found a full-time job at the Austin Community College library and an apartment within walking distance. I heard Spanish spoken on the bus. At ACC’s Rio Grande campus, I met Mexicans, black Americans, Vietnamese and Cambodian refugees, and Iranians here on student visas. I hadn’t realized how limited my opportunities in… Continue reading Austin and Ntozoke Shange
Women's Love Poetry
Erato Serenading Thalia, Euterpe, and Melpomene by Charles-Joseph Natoire. In the public domain. While I was living on Jenifer Street in Madison I discovered that a woman who had befriended me as a kind of kindred spirit in Anthropological Linguistics class lived across the street. D. was a poet. While still in high school one… Continue reading Women's Love Poetry
April: Time to Move Outward
This year, April seems to be inviting me to get outside of myself, to leave the house and think beyond my own life and memories. For reasons I don’t know, I vowed to visit a creek or a river every day this month. I have no special purpose in mind; I just decided to spend… Continue reading April: Time to Move Outward