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
Category: epic poetry
P.S. Dante’s salty bread
While a Kirkus Review item on Prue Shaw's Dante book praises Shaw for showing us the genius of Dante's work, there's something else I'd like to mention -- more of an aside than anything else -- that is just as worthy as her assessment of that mighty poem. The poet's biography, embedded in the lines. … Continue reading P.S. Dante’s salty bread
A shield for your thoughts … and Daniel Mendelsohn
Though I'm not in the newspaper trade anymore, where interesting people and topics flow constantly through the door, I'm at the next best thing, a powerhouse liberal arts college. The flow continues as brilliant minds visit — not in the hopes of getting good attention on the front page -- but simply in order to … Continue reading A shield for your thoughts … and Daniel Mendelsohn
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