Notebook February 2015
The other Italy
Elena Ferrante’s novels reveal the violent state of Southern Italy.
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Notebook January 2015
Mark Strand, 1934-2014
Remembering the poet, artist, and critic.
Notebook December 2014
The outdoor kid
Revisting John Muir’s adventures in the wilderness on the 100th anniversary of his death.
Notebook November 2014
The German Plath
Sylvia’s German roots pervaded her life and work.
Notebook October 2014
Not a leg to stand on
On the one-legged poets W. E. Henley and W. H. Davies.
Notebook September 2014
The more things change
Hypertension, depressions, and the role of law in the enforcement of morals.
Notebook June 2014
Beauty out of madness
Looking at the Prinzhorn Collection, a collection of artwork by psychotic patients.
Notebook May 2014
The achievement of Evan S. Connell
Notebook March 2014
The tragi-comedy of A. E. Housman
Notebook February 2014
A book by its cover
On the pleasures and pains of judging the Hippocrates Prize in poetry.