Monthly Archives: July 2019
“On the 4thof July I just finished ‘The Laughing Heart—Revised’ for the first time but not the last. My mind is so full of thoughts—about the book, the characters, the ideas, the language, the dilemmas, their resolution (or not). I’ll take the rest of my life, as short or as long as that time might be, to let you know how much I loved your epic… “Thanks again ever so much for your book.” 4 July 2019
(About The Laughing Heart—Revised) Just finished it last night! Loved it – the mood, playfulness, questioning-ness of it. Pat (Stanley) Matthews, 6/21/2019
The “confessional” poem is not my style, as you readers of tIR (the Inconclusive Rule) will agree without further elaboration. But I’ve gotten to know recently Donna Potts, who is the new chairperson for the English Department at Washington State University, and along the way I’ve read her book of short poems entitled Waking Dreams (2012), which is very “confessional.” And a wonder! I’ve written a review of it on Amazon. I encourage others of you to read it and do the…..
“I purchased the book last month….wonderfully written.” Michael Murr, 07/01/19
Recent Posts
- An Exchange over Hugo’s “Les Misérables”
- JONATHAN FRANZEN’S “CROSSROADS”: SHOULD WE WANT A TRILOGY OF IT?
- SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT RACISM AND WHITE SUPREMACY IN AMERICA, AUGUST 2021: How A Few Recent Books by Black and Other Authors Have Changed One Old White American
- LOVE & THE FIRST LINE
- FOR PHILIP ROTH’S “EVERYMAN”
Recent Comments
- Henry Allen on the current project
- MaryAnne O'Neil on SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT RACISM AND WHITE SUPREMACY IN AMERICA, AUGUST 2021: How A Few Recent Books by Black and Other Authors Have Changed One Old White American
- Robert Arnold Johnson on SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT RACISM AND WHITE SUPREMACY IN AMERICA, AUGUST 2021: How A Few Recent Books by Black and Other Authors Have Changed One Old White American
- Robert Arnold Johnson on SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT RACISM AND WHITE SUPREMACY IN AMERICA, AUGUST 2021: How A Few Recent Books by Black and Other Authors Have Changed One Old White American
- Susan Pickett on SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT RACISM AND WHITE SUPREMACY IN AMERICA, AUGUST 2021: How A Few Recent Books by Black and Other Authors Have Changed One Old White American
