Hart Crane, The Bridge
The Bridge by Hart Crane My rating: 4 of 5 stars The Bridge (1930) is a long poem seven years in the making. It was written under several varieties of … Continue reading
Literary Fiction: To Self-Publish or Not?
If American literature had been left wholly in the hands of established publishers—Ticknor and Fields, for instance—Longfellow might have remained our greatest poet. But Walt Whitman, an American, one of … Continue reading
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles
The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle My rating: 3 of 5 stars Today, in honor of Halloween, the Paris Review is running an 1872 epistolary exchange between … Continue reading
Allen Ginsberg, Howl and Other Poems
Howl and Other Poems by Allen Ginsberg My rating: 2 of 5 stars I read this—and I don’t think I’ve ever read this volume as a volume before, though I’ve … Continue reading
Sublimity Listed: Bloom’s 12 American Writers
Harold Bloom has a new book coming out—rather like my grandmother, he’s been falsely prophesying his imminent demise for almost my entire lifetime. Since the end will come for us … Continue reading
Goodreads Reviews September/October
My Goodreads reviews for the last month or so, novels and poetry and comics. Daniel Clowes, Ghost World Les Murray, Dog Fox Field Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely, All-Star Superman … Continue reading
Walt Whitman, Song of Myself
Song of Myself by Walt Whitman My rating: 5 of 5 stars Whitman is one of those writers whose merits can get lost in their reputations; you forget how good … Continue reading
