J.D. McClatchy
Birth date: January 01, 1945
J.D. McClatchy's Books
Truth is whatever darkness we choose to ignore. (from "Descartes' Dream") This book of poems grew on me. It's highly structured around the ten commandments, each section beginning with a short introductory poem, followed by about two to three poems related to that commandment, many formal (as in, ...
I hadn't heard of Eleanor Perenyi before this book was selected by NYRB for its Feb. selection for the book of the month. At a very young age, Perenyi made a Hungarian Baron and goes to live on his rather improvised estate. It is an unlikely marriage, but works until world wide events happen, in ...
Nice variety of poets from different eras, though nothing too experimental. When you're stuck inland for months at a time, this is the book to read.
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