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DAVID LEHMAN TO WILLIAM LOGAN: WAAAAAHH!
David Lehman uses half his introduction to Best American Poetry 2009 to attack William Logan. Now we know things are really out of hand. Lehman creeps up on his prey by first alluding to negative crit… more →
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THE THIRD DEGREE
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malachistone wrote 3 days ago: In reviewing my latest post it occurred to me that Harold Bloom’s characterization of Flan … more →
CONSUMED BY BLOOM
malachistone wrote 3 days ago: Recently, while tagging along after my wife Maria at a local thrift store, I happened to g … more →
Harold Bloom on word processors (and, for good measure, editing)
Jake Seliger wrote 1 week ago: Interviewer: Do you think that the word processor has had or is having any effect on the study of li … more →
Podcast alert
stevenhartwriter wrote 1 week ago: Maybe you have yet to read the great Jazz Age poet Hart Crane, put off by his reputation for writing … more →
DAVID LEHMAN TO WILLIAM LOGAN: WAAAAAHH!
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thomasbrady wrote 2 weeks ago: David Lehman uses half his introduction to Best American Poetry 2009 to attack William Logan. Now we … more →
from harold bloom's anxiety of influence: clinamen, or poetic misprision & milton's paradise lost
peter wrote 2 weeks ago: Clinamen, which is poetic misreading or misprision proper; I take the word from Lucretius, where it … more →
BREAK, BLOW, FIZZLE
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thomasbrady wrote 2 weeks ago: WHAT HAPPENED TO CAMILLE PAGLIA? ALL communication is a warning. The more articulate a person, the m … more →
LANGPO SLAYS OFFICIAL VERSE CULTURE AS VENDLER GOES OVER TO BERNSTEIN
thomasbrady wrote 3 weeks ago: BAMA PANEL IV: SURVIVAL OF THE DIMMEST? The Alabama Panel 25 years ago this month was essentially a … more →
THOMAS BRADY, Oh Monday Love, Oh Sawmygirl, Oh Tom TomWest!
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Christopher Woodman wrote 1 month ago: Thomas Brady is the inspiration for this site, and his essays on it are not only a testament to h … more →
POE TO BLOOM: BOO! "NASTY & REPETITIOUS NIGHTMARES THAT LINGER EVEN NOW."
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thomasbrady wrote 1 month ago: Today marks the 25th anniversary of one of the silliest screeds in the history of Letters, Harold Bl … more →
Literature: Quid Est? (II)
jenecrit wrote 1 month ago: Lately, I’ve been exploring the questions, what is literature? and what does it mean to study … more →
Monday - Ten Signs That Yours Has Been Stressful
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manicddaily wrote 2 months ago: Monday – Ten Signs that Yours Has Been Stressful 1. You have gone through four sticks of gum … more →
james merrill's ouija board: the opening of the book of ephraim
peter wrote 2 months ago: Known in popular circles as “the Ouija poet”—one who composed with assistance from the s … more →
The Fantasy of Influence
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fictionadvocate wrote 2 months ago: 1. The kids at n+1 have created a neat little ad campaign. They’ve taken old photos of famous dead a … more →
Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human (Bloom, Harold)
psriblog wrote 2 months ago: “Literary criticism,” says Harold Bloom, quoting Dr. Johnson,”is the art of making … more →
The Truth about Harry
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Crashing Waves
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Andrew Eastman wrote 3 months ago: The following article first appeared in The Dartmouth, America’s oldest collegiate daily and t … more →
This was going to be a post about Barnacle Bill the Spacer but then...
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verenakyratzes wrote 3 months ago: … I read up a few things about Lucius Shepard, the author of Barnacle Bill the Spacer and half … more →
"Moving Pictures" Cast Complete!
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Keith Boynton wrote 3 months ago: Scandal! Devin McEwan has been FIRED from the role of “Dave,” and re-hired for the role … more →
