One of the great privileges of my life — aside from being a husband and a father, of course — was meeting W.S. Merwin. He was eager to get home to Hawaii, to his wife, to his gardens, but we talked for about an hour while he was visiting Claremont McKenna College a few years ago. … Continue reading Merwin the mighty
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The myth of summer reading
June is here, and so are the summer reading lists… and, always, as I scan these lists, at my back I hear, Time's winged chariot drawing near .... And I'm bored to tears. Maybe I'm getting old, or too jaded from compiling lists like these for the Times for many a season, but nothing seems to … Continue reading The myth of summer reading
Not your typical tribute to Maya Angelou
Poet and writer Maya Angelou has died, at the age of 86, and media outlets are flooding with tributes and obituaries. It's hard to pick just one that captures her unique presence in contemporary writing -- so I'll leave that up to you. But there's an unexpected one via comedian David Alan Grier (pictured left), who captured Angelou's … Continue reading Not your typical tribute to Maya Angelou
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