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
The Writing Life: Something from Mary
Just two brief things to relay, courtesy of novelist Mary Gaitskill, on the writing life. I sat down with her not long ago (she’s a visiting professor this semester at Claremont McKenna College) and I’ve just now returned to my notes to see what she said. No surprise: She definitely didn’t disappoint. The two comments … Continue reading The Writing Life: Something from Mary
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