I am reading several books at once, I’ll admit: The Wild Iris by Louise Gluck, The Norton Shakespeare (Richard the III currently), The Art of Haiku by Stephen Addiss (as I’ve blogged about before), as well as The World of the Troubadours by Linda M. Paterson (and a mafia romance book, but I won’t get… Continue reading The World of the Troubadours
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Reading that book I bought twelve years ago by Stephen Addiss
Twelve years ago, after taking a special 1-on-1 poetry mentor class with C. Wade Bentley where I practiced writing free verse poetry, I decided to make a self-study of haiku. As part of that, I finally decided to buy a book I had been eyeing for a year at the local Barnes & Noble “The… Continue reading Reading that book I bought twelve years ago by Stephen Addiss
Not for the first time
I’m trying to learn Latin and not for the first time. 7 years ago, I bought a Latin textbook at a used-book store, took it home, and imagined knowing how to read and speak this ancient tongue. At the same time, I took a class on English’s reception of Latin literature, listening to lectures from… Continue reading Not for the first time
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