Men in the Off Hours by Anne Carson My rating: 5 of 5 stars “The mad state is, as he emphasizes over and over again, empty. Teeming with emptiness. Knotted with emptiness. Immodest in its emptiness. You can pull emptiness out of it by the handful. “I am not here. I am not here and …
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Review: Glass, Irony and God by Anne Carson
Glass, Irony and God by Anne Carson My rating: 4 of 5 stars There are three things I know about Anne Carson: She is the size and strength of a thumbnail. The air that she takes into her mouth has a weight that can only be explained in her third book. Her knowledge is like …
Aversion
No. I haven’t heard back from any schools yet. Ok. So I’m going back to a time in my life when I wrote things like: The snake clinked past like a roll of dirty quarters. I’m thinking… well… that’s not a great line. In fact, I’m almost embarrassed that I wrote it. Adam and naked Eve, laying …
Review: If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho by Sappho
If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho by Sappho My rating: 5 of 5 stars Who would not like to know more about this garment? asks Anne Carson of the cloth Sappho calls beudos. It is a short transparent dress. I’d like to meet an older version of you. Maybe stop by for tea and watch …
Letter to Anne Carson about Plainwater
Dear Anne, Can I call you Anne? My friend, Jimmy, calls you Annie in his sleep. Can you believe he mistook you for me? We’re so different. You have a small strong boat. I keep trying to conjure an ark. I stepped outside today and felt the snow without gloves. I thought of Canada. How many …
Plainwater: Essays and Poetry by Anne Carson
Plainwater: Essays and Poetry by Anne Carson My rating: 5 of 5 stars Classic and Capital. In the sense that it’s the one that I read first. It’s also the one I taught my students and the one they came in to talk about and they write like and the one that we were all …