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cover2014-07-01T18:43:47+00:00monthlyhttps://nickowchar.com/2014/06/07/merwin-the-mighty/https://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/merwin.pngMERWIN2014-06-15T22:21:10+00:00monthlyhttps://nickowchar.com/2014/06/03/the-myth-of-summer-reading/https://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/winged-chariot.pngWINGED CHARIOT2014-06-25T17:24:09+00:00monthlyhttps://nickowchar.com/2014/05/28/not-your-typical-tribute-to-maya-angelou/https://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/david-alan-grier-as-maya-angelou.pngDAVID ALAN GRIER AS MAYA ANGELOU2014-05-30T21:10:05+00:00monthlyhttps://nickowchar.com/2014/05/06/the-writing-life-something-from-mary/https://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/screen-shot-2014-05-06-at-3-03-35-pm.pngScreen Shot 2014-05-06 at 3.03.35 PM2014-05-30T20:56:30+00:00monthlyhttps://nickowchar.com/2014/05/23/reading-now-tolkiens-beowulf/https://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/tolkien-bust.pngTOLKIEN BUST2014-05-30T20:53:53+00:00monthlyhttps://nickowchar.com/2014/04/30/cutting-advice-from-patricia-highsmith/https://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/screen-shot-2014-04-23-at-1-25-49-pm.pngScreen Shot 2014-04-23 at 1.25.49 PMhttps://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/16286975_s.jpg16286975_shttps://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/screen-shot-2014-04-20-at-11-34-31-pm.pngScreen Shot 2014-04-20 at 11.34.31 PMhttps://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/screen-shot-2014-04-23-at-1-26-23-pm.pngScreen Shot 2014-04-23 at 1.26.23 PM2014-04-30T00:15:07+00:00monthlyhttps://nickowchar.com/2014/04/25/what-is-it-about-the-letter-m-three-writers-passings/https://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/screen-shot-2014-04-25-at-2-17-36-pm.pngScreen Shot 2014-04-25 at 2.17.36 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30https://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/wondercon.pngwondercon2014-04-25T16:43:26+00:00monthlyhttps://nickowchar.com/2014/04/16/p-s-dantes-salty-bread/https://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/bread-up-close.jpgbread up closeCredit: Fastily2014-04-21T18:53:26+00:00monthlyhttps://nickowchar.com/2014/04/15/second-only-to-paris-700-years-ago-that-is/https://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/prue-shaw.pngPrue ShawScholar extraordinaire: Prue Shaw (photo by Cordelia Beresford)https://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/dante-by-dore.jpgdante-by-dorehttps://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/readingdante_978-0-87140-742-9-1.jpgReadingDante_978-0-87140-742-9-1https://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/florentine-sunset.jpgflorentine sunsetFlorentine sunset: courtesy of http://www.flickr.com/people/sherseydc/ 2014-04-16T16:09:43+00:00monthlyhttps://nickowchar.com/2014/04/07/return-of-a-roth-necessary-reading-rest-peter/https://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/henry-roth.jpghenry rothhttps://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/mathiessen.jpgmathiessen2014-04-15T22:10:55+00:00monthlyhttps://nickowchar.com/2014/03/31/strange-norrell-where-did-that-novel-go/https://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/jonathan_strange_and_mr_norrell_cover.jpgJonathan_strange_and_mr_norrell_coverhttps://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/screen-shot-2014-03-27-at-3-23-06-pm.pngScreen Shot 2014-03-27 at 3.23.06 PM'Magic Circle' - John William Waterhouse (1886)2014-04-03T16:48:50+00:00monthlyhttps://nickowchar.com/2014/03/19/you-didnt-get-rid-of-that-book-did-you/https://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/screen-shot-2014-03-19-at-4-42-34-pm.pngScreen Shot 2014-03-19 at 4.42.34 PMhttps://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/screen-shot-2014-03-18-at-12-33-57-pm.pngScreen Shot 2014-03-18 at 12.33.57 PMHappy feet: These nymphs are almost as joyful as I am about "The Dancing Goddesses" (photo: detail from book cover)2014-03-21T23:46:25+00:00monthlyhttps://nickowchar.com/2014/02/11/a-shield-for-your-thoughts-and-daniel-mendelsohn/https://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/capt-americas-shield.jpgcapt america's shieldShameless advertising: This post has absolutely nothing to do with Captain America. 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PMhttps://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dora-carrington.jpgdora-carringtonhttps://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/stephencrane.jpgStephenCranehttps://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/george_gershwin.jpgGeorge_Gershwin2013-12-12T18:14:36+00:00monthlyhttps://nickowchar.com/2013/12/09/i-contracted-myself-to-words-geoffrey-hartmans-luminous-poetry/https://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/eighth-day.jpg8thDayhttps://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/card-ahaseurus.jpgcard-ahaseurushttps://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/earthimage.jpgearthimage2013-12-17T06:02:41+00:00monthlyhttps://nickowchar.com/2013/11/25/you-have-to-want-the-story-a-r-williams-on-writing-pt-2/https://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/screen-shot-2013-11-25-at-9-34-45-am.pngScreen Shot 2013-11-25 at 9.34.45 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PM2013-11-15T20:22:25+00:00monthlyhttps://nickowchar.com/2013/11/07/seasons-readings-coming-soon-to-call-of-the-siren/https://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/screen-shot-2013-11-05-at-4-20-50-pm.pngScreen Shot 2013-11-05 at 4.20.50 PMhttps://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/xo-orpheus-bernheimer.jpgxo Orpheus Bernheimerhttps://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/eighth-day.jpg8thDayhttps://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/camellia-resistance.jpgCAMELLIA RESISTANCE2013-11-19T18:01:55+00:00monthlyhttps://nickowchar.com/2013/11/15/a-tightly-controlled-world-a-r-williams-on-the-camellia-resistance-pt-1/https://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/screen-shot-2013-11-15-at-12-14-38-pm.pngScreen Shot 2013-11-15 at 12.14.38 PMhttps://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/screen-shot-2013-11-15-at-12-09-40-pm.pngScreen Shot 2013-11-15 at 12.09.40 PMhttps://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/screen-shot-2013-11-15-at-12-00-21-pm.pngScreen Shot 2013-11-15 at 12.00.21 PMhttps://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/williams-author-photo.jpgwilliams author photohttps://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/tattoo.jpgtattooMark of the fallen: The tattoo worn by infected people in "The Camellia Resistance."https://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/screen-shot-2013-11-11-at-4-50-26-pm.pngScreen Shot 2013-11-11 at 4.50.26 PMhttps://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/gloved-hand.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA2013-12-09T19:11:47+00:00monthlyhttps://nickowchar.com/2013/10/28/want-to-blog-about-books-heres-how-you-do-it-plus-new-dante/https://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/screen-shot-2013-10-28-at-9-57-25-am.pngScreen Shot 2013-10-28 at 9.57.25 AMhttps://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dante-by-dore.jpgdante-by-dorehttps://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/book_inferno_revealed.jpgbook_inferno_revealedhttps://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/writing_ball_keyboard1.jpgWriting_ball_keyboardhttps://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/writing_ball_keyboard.jpgWriting_ball_keyboard2013-11-05T23:09:53+00:00monthlyhttps://nickowchar.com/2013/10/21/its-just-not-fair-the-case-of-evangeline-walton/https://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/walton-walks-in-darkness-cover1.gifWalton-Walks-in-Darkness-coverhttps://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/walton-walks-in-darkness-cover.gifWalton-Walks-in-Darkness-coverhttps://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/evangeline-walton.gifevangeline walton2013-11-05T18:22:41+00:00monthlyhttps://nickowchar.com/2013/10/07/majestic-and-misunderstood-new-in-bookstores/https://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/watsonandtheshark-original.jpgWatsonandtheshark-originalhttps://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/whale-sharks-thomas-p-peschak-nature-story-third-1024x681.jpgwhale-sharks-thomas-p-peschak-nature-story-third-1024x681https://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/049arabian-shark-fins-tradec2a9thomas-p-peschak.jpg049arabian-shark-fins-tradec2a9thomas-p-peschakhttps://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/sharks-and-people-cover.jpgsharks and people cover2013-11-05T18:28:23+00:00monthlyhttps://nickowchar.com/2013/09/22/writing-that-flows-bertschs-death-canyon/https://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/river-water.jpgriver water2013-09-30T18:49:47+00:00monthlyhttps://nickowchar.com/2013/09/02/hey-labor-days-for-neanderthals-too/https://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/neanderthal-drawing.pngneanderthal drawingBILLs TO PAY: Neaderthals didn't have mortgages to pay, but they still had plenty to worry about.2013-09-05T18:11:24+00:00monthlyhttps://nickowchar.com/2013/08/30/when-a-warrior-is-gone-seamus-heaney/https://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/seamus-heaney.jpgseamus heaneyGONE FAR TOO SOON: The master in 2009.2013-08-30T20:25:16+00:00monthlyhttps://nickowchar.com/2013/08/19/rowdy-robust-r-i-p-poet-john-hollander/https://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/poet-john-hollander.jpgpoet-john-hollander2013-10-16T18:25:57+00:00monthlyhttps://nickowchar.com/2013/08/12/happiness-for-10-99/https://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/images.jpgimageshttps://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/screen-shot-2013-08-12-at-3-18-17-pm.pngScreen Shot 2013-08-12 at 3.18.17 PMThe Happy Islands; photo credit: Thien Zie Yung2013-08-19T16:07:36+00:00monthlyhttps://nickowchar.com/2013/08/06/mystic-moments-taliban-poetry-and-more/https://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/sunlight-clouds.jpgsunlight-clouds2013-08-07T23:28:10+00:00monthlyhttps://nickowchar.com/2013/07/19/if-winter-came-to-george-r-r-martin-what-next-2/https://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/screen-shot-2013-07-19-at-12-10-33-pm.pngScreen Shot 2013-07-19 at 12.10.33 PMGeorge R.R. Martin in 2010. Credit: Julle2013-07-26T07:14:08+00:00monthlyhttps://nickowchar.com/2013/07/11/belief-is-possible-at-night-averill-curdys-poetry/https://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/candlelight-david-tribble.jpgcandlelight-david-tribblePoetry by ancient light. (Credit: www.davidtribble.com)2013-07-19T19:15:47+00:00monthlyhttps://nickowchar.com/2013/07/03/eden-and-immortality-new-in-bookstores/https://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/environmental-debt-cover.jpgenvironmental debt coverhttps://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/ageless-generation-cover.jpgageless generation coverhttps://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/adam_and_eve.jpgadam_and_eveJust another day in Eden; credit: Țetcu Mircea Rareș2013-07-05T18:09:26+00:00monthlyhttps://nickowchar.com/2013/06/28/books-of-death-new-in-bookstores/https://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/bright-abyss-cover.jpgbright abyss coverhttps://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/endings-happier.jpgendings happierhttps://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/balloonist.jpgballoonist2013-07-19T19:12:21+00:00monthlyhttps://nickowchar.com/2013/06/24/tolkiens-household-and-poetic-places/https://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/knight_of_the_woeful_countenance_05424u.jpgKnight_of_the_woeful_countenance_05424u2013-06-24T23:54:40+00:00monthlyhttps://nickowchar.com/2013/06/20/poetry-more-salt-please/https://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/salt-and-pepper.jpgsalt-and-pepperSalt and pepper granules: credit -- Jon Sullivan2013-06-21T22:11:38+00:00monthlyhttps://nickowchar.com/2013/06/15/books-books-books-its-time-to-show-us-your-shelves/https://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/photo4.jpgphoto(4)https://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/photo3.jpgphoto(3)A few of my favorite things: But watch out for the gargoyle...2013-08-06T16:20:40+00:00monthlyhttps://nickowchar.com/2013/06/14/dante-and-dylan-translating-the-translator-part-2/https://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/pencil_tip.jpgpencil_tip2013-06-17T16:47:18+00:00monthlyhttps://nickowchar.com/2013/06/13/show-us-your-shelves-plus-coming-soon-and-iain-banks/https://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/sebastiano_mainardi.jpgSebastiano_mainardi"The Annunciation," Sebastiano Mainardi, late 15th century2013-06-15T22:06:40+00:00monthlyhttps://nickowchar.com/2013/06/10/translating-the-translator-part-1-talking-to-andrew-frisardi/https://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/frisardi.jpgfrisardihttps://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/vita-nova-cover.jpgvita nova coverhttps://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/vanitas-painting.jpgvanitas-paintingVanitas (still life): Michael Conrad Hirt, 16302013-06-15T21:27:17+00:00monthlyhttps://nickowchar.com/2013/06/06/publishings-fate-reviewer-style-and-coming-soon/https://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/no-return-by-zachary-jernigan.jpgno-return-by-zachary-jernigan2013-06-10T21:53:45+00:00monthlyhttps://nickowchar.com/2013/06/04/the-last-tolkien/https://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/225px-the_fall_of_arthur.jpg225px-The_Fall_of_Arthurhttps://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/saxons_defeated_by_king_arthur.jpgSaxons_defeated_by_King_ArthurTrampled underfoot: The Saxons are overcome by Arthur and his forces.2013-06-15T21:54:54+00:00monthlyhttps://nickowchar.com/2013/05/25/the-once-and-future-mystery-recent-in-bookstores/https://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/robert_goulet_julie_andrews_camelot.jpgRobert_Goulet_Julie_Andrews_Camelot'Twill never be forgot: Robert Goulet and Julie Andrews in "Camelot."2013-06-03T23:08:10+00:00monthlyhttps://nickowchar.com/2013/05/21/what-does-poetry-mean-a-talk-with-michael-odom/https://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/michael-odom.jpgmichael-odomhttps://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/screen-shot-2013-05-21-at-12-55-40-pm.pngScreen Shot 2013-05-21 at 12.55.40 PMThe Poet: by Jean-Bernard Restouthttps://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/le-poet-by-jean-bernard-restout.jpgle-poet-by-jean-bernard-restout2013-06-20T18:53:43+00:00monthlyhttps://nickowchar.com/2013/05/15/reviews-of-dan-browns-latest-ugh/https://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/dante-with-book.jpgDante with bookIl Miglior Fabbro in a pensive mood (perhaps thinking about books and book reviewers): portrait by Agnolo Bronzino2016-07-20T22:05:08+00:00monthlyhttps://nickowchar.com/2013/05/13/carol-ann-duffys-songs-of-the-earth/https://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/bee-with-pollen.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERACredit: Jacopo Werther2013-05-13T21:45:08+00:00monthlyhttps://nickowchar.com/2013/05/10/angels-neruda-odoms-poetry-and-more-a-roundup/https://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/pablo-neruda.jpgPablo Nerudahttps://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/snake12.jpgsnake12https://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/odom_book.jpgodom_book2013-05-22T22:49:44+00:00monthlyhttps://nickowchar.com/2013/05/06/hmmm-just-curious-new-in-bookstores/https://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/curiosity-cesare-ripa.jpgcuriosity cesare ripa2013-05-21T20:55:29+00:00monthlyhttps://nickowchar.com/2013/04/25/stop-the-presses/https://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/american-newstand-in-1902.jpgAmerican newstand in 1902The sidewalk internet, circa 1902.2013-05-01T12:56:51+00:00monthlyhttps://nickowchar.com/2013/04/19/weary-weary-weary/https://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/edward_burne-jones_laus_veneris.jpgEdward_Burne-Jones_Laus_Veneris"There is an air of malaise within the painting," notes one critic about Laus Veneris by Edward Burne-Jones. I couldn't agree more.2013-04-20T15:24:29+00:00monthlyhttps://nickowchar.com/2013/04/04/banking-on-banks/https://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/iain-banks.jpgIain BanksIain Banks in 2005 (credit: Szymon Sokol)2013-04-08T21:41:32+00:00monthlyhttps://nickowchar.com/2013/03/28/early-nabokov-new-in-bookstores/https://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nabokov-grave-switzerland.jpgNabokov-grave-SwitzerlandNabokov grave, Switzerland2013-03-31T01:18:00+00:00monthlyhttps://nickowchar.com/2013/03/26/call-of-the-siren-exclusive-andrew-frisardis-response/https://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/frisardi-dante-cover.jpgfrisardi-dante-coverhttps://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/dante-frisardi-cover.jpgdante-frisardi-cover2013-03-26T17:31:35+00:00monthlyhttps://nickowchar.com/2013/03/22/some-painful-reading/https://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/beata-beatrix.jpgDante Gabriel Rossetti: Beata Beatrix, ca 1864-70.2013-03-25T16:20:39+00:00monthlyhttps://nickowchar.com/2013/03/20/meet-my-girl-lista/https://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/mystery-woman.jpgmystery womanPhoto Credit: Frank Kovalchek from Anchorage, Alaska, USA2013-05-01T00:03:26+00:00monthlyhttps://nickowchar.com/2013/03/17/readin-writin-and-rls/https://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/robert_louis_stevenson_portrait_by_girolamo_nerli.jpgRobert_Louis_Stevenson_portrait_by_Girolamo_Nerli2013-03-19T23:13:45+00:00monthlyhttps://nickowchar.com/2013/03/14/books-glorious-books-and-a-l-too/https://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/worn-old-books.jpgworn old booksA worn-out, old book is a well-read, old book (image supplied by Lin Kristensen)2013-03-17T18:24:21+00:00monthlyhttps://nickowchar.com/2013/03/08/timely-and-timeless-virgils-translator/https://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/poet-david-ferry.jpgpoet David FerryEPIC TRANSLATOR: David Ferry, at 88.2013-03-08T17:08:46+00:00monthlyhttps://nickowchar.com/2013/03/06/youre-being-watched-new-in-bookstores/https://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/interior-demonologist-cover.jpginterior-Demonologist-coverhttps://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/demonologist-cover.jpgdemonologist cover2013-03-06T23:38:59+00:00monthlyhttps://nickowchar.com/2013/02/26/the-zen-of-sleep-new-in-bookstores/https://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/drowsing-buddha.jpgdrowsing-BuddhaZzzzzzzzz: Joseph Emet applies Buddhist principles where we need them the most.2013-02-26T17:18:27+00:00monthlyhttps://nickowchar.com/2013/02/21/profile-in-courage/https://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/dan-brown-inferno-cover.jpgDan Brown Inferno cover2013-02-21T18:12:09+00:00monthlyhttps://nickowchar.com/2013/02/20/only-connect-bloggers-who-inspire-me/https://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/very-inspirational-blogger1.jpgvery-inspirational-blogger12013-07-19T19:13:00+00:00monthlyhttps://nickowchar.com/2013/02/15/two-words-that-changed-lbjs-life/https://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/speech_balloon.pngSpeech_balloon2013-02-27T21:49:36+00:00monthlyhttps://nickowchar.com/2013/01/29/a-challenger-memory/https://nickowchar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/challenger.jpgchallengerThe explosion of the space shuttle Challenger on January 28, 1996. 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