Tiresias Tries to Talk Sense to Liriope About Young Narcissus
"Ille per Aonias fama celeberrimus urbesinreprehensa dabat populo responsa petentiprima fide vocisque ratae temptamina sumpsitcaerula Liriope, quam quondam flumine curvoinplicuit clausaeque suis Cephisos in undisvim tulit: enixa est utero… More
November & Persephone
A golden shredding of light, slow unfolding, the airy geometry of trees revealed in a day by day transfiguration of tough vegetable matter into clearer and clearer frames of radiance, until you scarcely know… More
The Holy Ghost’s Life of Writing
The Holy Ghost's Life of WritingI think the Holy Ghost has writtennot only the Bible but all books.—George Bernard ShawNo staring out the windows, no sharpening pencils,no torn-up pages,… More
Multiple Rebirths
This talk was presented, in slightly different form, at a PEN Tribute to Gabriel García Márquez. It is often remarked that Gabriel García Márquez’s writings are read by people… More