Present Ills and Past Pleasures

Forsan et haec olim meminisse juvabit. This beautiful Latin line was written by Virgil, put into the mouth of Aeneas … More

Review of Zero K

A few years ago I went through a relatively brief, but intense, phase of reading Don DeLillo’s novels. I think … More

There’s an intimidation factor to poetry that I think we all feel – or at least have felt – at … More