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Wow! Fabulous music which I discovered long after they’d disbanded. Sue Tompkins’ vocals make one’s ears go weak at the knees … (A studio version of that live track only came out recently …
January 21, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Wow! Fabulous music which I discovered long after they’d disbanded. Sue Tompkins’ vocals make one’s ears go weak at the knees … (A studio version of that live track only came out recently …
I’m working through that vol, too. Interesting, as well, the people MP draws into orbit - Stevens, Olson, Zukofsky, Creeley, Coolidge, the Waldrops, Peter Gizzi, Lisa Fishman … to name but a few …
January 19, 2026 at 7:28 PM
I’m working through that vol, too. Interesting, as well, the people MP draws into orbit - Stevens, Olson, Zukofsky, Creeley, Coolidge, the Waldrops, Peter Gizzi, Lisa Fishman … to name but a few …
For me, not wish-washy - more impacted. Difficult to get a grip on what motivates his work. So much seems sealed off. But I’m persevering with Echo Lake
January 19, 2026 at 4:22 PM
For me, not wish-washy - more impacted. Difficult to get a grip on what motivates his work. So much seems sealed off. But I’m persevering with Echo Lake
I have puzzled my head a lot about Blake’s Newton. I appreciate more how he is working collage & textual sources. A valid question is what motivates the choices? Also certain poems seem utterly closed off. Mind you, after Marjorie Welish he can seem almost lush
January 19, 2026 at 4:19 PM
I have puzzled my head a lot about Blake’s Newton. I appreciate more how he is working collage & textual sources. A valid question is what motivates the choices? Also certain poems seem utterly closed off. Mind you, after Marjorie Welish he can seem almost lush
Indeed - Wham! Palmer. (I recall Lisa Jarnot saying he was nicknamed The Professor - reflecting his high seriousness of manner.) Tackling Notes for Echo Lake anew … & finding much more to enjoy this time around. Great interview with Peter Gizzi in the Exact Change Yearbook
January 19, 2026 at 9:16 AM
Indeed - Wham! Palmer. (I recall Lisa Jarnot saying he was nicknamed The Professor - reflecting his high seriousness of manner.) Tackling Notes for Echo Lake anew … & finding much more to enjoy this time around. Great interview with Peter Gizzi in the Exact Change Yearbook
If you ever fancy posting thoughts on Michael Palmer … I’ve been spending a few days with his early vols & essays
January 18, 2026 at 7:38 PM
If you ever fancy posting thoughts on Michael Palmer … I’ve been spending a few days with his early vols & essays
the ghost of W C Fields is smiling
January 5, 2026 at 5:50 PM
the ghost of W C Fields is smiling
Can’t remember the turn up … J5 … I see the logic but goes against my crib gut instinct to give a 15 away. J2 seemed a valid compromise
January 3, 2026 at 12:07 PM
Can’t remember the turn up … J5 … I see the logic but goes against my crib gut instinct to give a 15 away. J2 seemed a valid compromise
HNY & crib (2-hand) question … opponent’s box … what would you discard?
January 2, 2026 at 6:54 PM
HNY & crib (2-hand) question … opponent’s box … what would you discard?
call a plumber?
November 10, 2025 at 4:28 AM
call a plumber?
when they reissue Samuel Beckett’s Trilogy, this is the cover …
October 30, 2025 at 1:01 PM
when they reissue Samuel Beckett’s Trilogy, this is the cover …
threshold anxiety syndrome
October 25, 2025 at 4:26 PM
threshold anxiety syndrome
Technologizing Of The Word
(bored while waiting for a delayed train at Guildford Station)
(bored while waiting for a delayed train at Guildford Station)
October 25, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Technologizing Of The Word
(bored while waiting for a delayed train at Guildford Station)
(bored while waiting for a delayed train at Guildford Station)
took a pause from copying bits from Thoreau’s Journal & stumbled upon your post. The Lisa Robertson essay is a timely delight! Thanks for the nudge. (“I now begin to pluck wild apples”)
October 8, 2025 at 3:01 PM
took a pause from copying bits from Thoreau’s Journal & stumbled upon your post. The Lisa Robertson essay is a timely delight! Thanks for the nudge. (“I now begin to pluck wild apples”)
the other morning, one flew straight towards me, banked & then settled up in a tree. I’ve counted four around the Tervuren lakes - my new early morning walk. Heron as spirit animal - a powerful messenger
October 7, 2025 at 5:34 PM
the other morning, one flew straight towards me, banked & then settled up in a tree. I’ve counted four around the Tervuren lakes - my new early morning walk. Heron as spirit animal - a powerful messenger
big fan of Martin C-S since the early Of Piscator. Trying to get hold of DB-Q books … not easy here in Bxls
September 28, 2025 at 4:35 PM
big fan of Martin C-S since the early Of Piscator. Trying to get hold of DB-Q books … not easy here in Bxls
that time of year when I seem to circle back to Transcendentalism. Thoreau’s Journal & Emerson essays - helped by Dan Beachy-Quick’s Primer I found as a pdf
September 27, 2025 at 3:18 PM
that time of year when I seem to circle back to Transcendentalism. Thoreau’s Journal & Emerson essays - helped by Dan Beachy-Quick’s Primer I found as a pdf
booking Eurotunnel now to coincide with this weekend
September 17, 2025 at 10:20 AM
booking Eurotunnel now to coincide with this weekend
The Text of Shelley’s Death is a particular favourite of mine.
September 16, 2025 at 3:25 AM
The Text of Shelley’s Death is a particular favourite of mine.