R.I.P. Mahmoud Darwish
Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish has died. VQR posts “With the Mist So Dense on the Bridge,” the title poem of his last collection.
Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish has died. VQR posts “With the Mist So Dense on the Bridge,” the title poem of his last collection.
Unflattering scenes from autobiographical comics: some are more repellent than others.
“I don’t care about fonts. I know this is a shocking revelation coming from a writer. But there it is.”
Amitava Kumar acquaints me with a new favorite poem: Lorraine Mariner’s hilarious and very dark “Bye For Now.”
To explain the free indirect style, James Wood walks (backward) in a straight line from McCloskey’s Make Way for Ducklings to James’ What Maisie Knew.