Monthly Archives: February 2011

In a flash

Posted on February 13, 2011 by catbird2

For you. You know who you are. he reads me,                                                                                                                                     but not like a book. books levy their                                                                                                                              slow tax on time:                                                                                                                            exacting                                                                                                                                                a split second per word,                                                                                                                     a half minute for half a page,                                                                                                             a quarter hour to sketch … Continue reading →

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Dante takes Homer’s torch to the Inferno

Posted on February 9, 2011 by catbird2

Don’t think me unaware, dear readers. I know that literary history is not quite as interesting as a tale of being a foreigner or of dropping the f-bomb on my mother. But I just can’t seem to help myself. I’ve … Continue reading →

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Homer’s torch

Posted on February 4, 2011 by catbird2

A litero-historical tale of books continuing each other As you may remember, gentle readers, I’ve been working my way through some thoughts on how books continue each other. I use the word “books” in the loosest possible sense, because my … Continue reading →

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What teachers make

Posted on February 1, 2011 by catbird2

A poem by slam poet Taylor Mali, with a little help from YouTube. I wonder how I had never heard of this guy before a week ago.      

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