Last night I went – still mellowed out from my lovely evening in Surbiton – to a dinner at the Southbank, where all the Poetry International bloggers (such of them as are still in town, so… more →
Baroque in Hackneywrote 5 months ago: Fascinating interview on NPR this morning with author Nick Laird. While the bulk of the interview wa … more →
wrote 5 months ago: It’s no secret that every month or so I like to treat myself to a happy ending. It occurs in t … more →
wrote 5 months ago: I’m a fan of the poet/novelist Nick Laird’s sometime contributions to the Guardian … more →
wrote 11 months ago: Revolutionary Road was the only book of his own that Yates considered a masterpiece, regretting that … more →
wrote 1 year ago: TS Eliot was a banker. This fairly common bit of trivia about one of the 20th century’s foremo … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Last night I went – still mellowed out from my lovely evening in Surbiton – to a dinner … more →
wrote 1 year ago: If you’re not somewhat jealous of Nick Laird you either don’t know enough about him oryou’re a rea … more →
wrote 1 year ago: My reviews of On Purpose by Nick Laird (above), Mario Petrucci’s Flowers of Sulphur and Todd S … more →
wrote 2 years ago: SOUNDTRACK: MY MORNING JACKET-Okonokos (2006). [READ: Summer 2006] Utterly Monkey. I have a huge fon … more →