by thome2040 | Nov 22, 2015 | Literary, Modern Poetry, Poetry
A scholar and professor as well as a poet, John Berryman graduated from Columbia in 1936, then went to study at Cambridge University for two years on a scholarship. Early on he wrote a critical biography of the American writer Stephen Crane, and...
by thome2040 | Nov 14, 2015 | Austrian Fiction, Contemporary Fiction, Literature
I’m not sure how I stumbled onto this book but when I did so in the early 80’s it instantly became one of my very favorite books. The title for one thing- I even love the German title Wunschloses Unglück for some reason, probably because I love the book so...
by thome2040 | Nov 1, 2015 | Literary
First published in 1992, James Galvin’s The Meadow depicts the century-long history of a hay meadow in the mountains of the Colorado/Wyoming border, told through the eyes of Lyle, Ray, Clara, and App, of their unsentimental struggle to survive on an independent...
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