Wallace Stevens
Birth date: October 02, 1879
Died: August 02, 1955
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What does it even mean to say I have read a book of poems? Where is the boundary between being able to say "I have read them" and "I am reading them"? How long should the book rest on a table before passing from "I am reading" to "I have read"? Is my entire collection of poetry a pile of inert pape...
The fourth, and final, Dover poetry anthology I am reviewing. As with the others, it is an easily portable, inexpensive book. Includes work by 58 poets. Ten were born before 1600, another six in the 17th century, twelve in the 18th century, and two in the 20th century. So 28 were born in the 19th c...
Reading Wallace Stevens I am either mesmerized or bored, and in the latter case find myself thinking that it's like listening to an insurance salesman go on and on, and he was an insurance salesman so maybe that explains it. More likely it's just me, my fickle ear. Regardless, I believe he deserved ...
Reading Wallace Stevens I am either mesmerized or bored, and in the latter case find myself thinking that it's like listening to an insurance salesman go on and on, and he was an insurance salesman so maybe that explains it. More likely it's just me, my fickle ear. Regardless, I believe he deserved ...
For Easter. A friend told me this is maybe the best poem in the English language, quoting bits of it as we were driving along. Had to look it up. Here it is.Wallace Stevens (1879-1955)Sunday Morning 1Complacencies of the peignoir, and lateCoffee and oranges in a sunny chair,And the green freedom ...
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