With the annual AWP conference underway this weekend in Chicago, Illinois, I’m torn between wishing I was there and being glad that I can spend the weekend writing rather than…
Letters From Rose
Eight American Poets
Eight American Poets: Notes on Seminar Lyrical Intelligence: The Poetry of Linda Gregerson and Mark Doty (The last in a series of brief essays accompanying this fall’s Eight American Poets…
McEwan Review
A Lesson in Revision: A review of Ian McEwan’s novel Saturday It is a source of no small irritation to many of my writer friends that when it comes to…
Christo Review
Thoughts on The Gates, an installation by Christo and Jeanne–Claude in Central Park Like many Christo fans of my acquaintance, I had, until The Gates, never seen any of…
Sontag Essay
In Memory of Susan Sontag “One felt that he could generate ideas about anything. Put him in front of a cigar box and he would have one, two, many ideas…