Seamus Heaney’s translation of the 'Aeneid' isn't just a fresh version of Virgil’s tale, but also a firsthand account of one who has passed to “nowhere.”
In an oval world where / points of view are eye-shaped, / out of a round world, helpless, / where even the hamburger has/ an accredited helper, dirt cheap...
The writer Dan Burt discusses renouncing his U.S. citizenship, his law and writing career, and how he adjusted to Cambridge and English society from South Philly.
for what I hope is the last time / until spring, I remember the house at the bottom / of Canal Street, its back / porch sinking / into a kingdom of tall weeds...
Philip & Carol Zaleski bring to life the Oxford literary club who smoked, drank, argued and midwifed books that became classics of fantasy, apologetics, and poetry.
Even the eagle is deep / into dailyness // acts as if safe, & is silly / during its courtship rituals // spends days / inspecting / impregnable building sites...
There is no release or relief in poet Dan Burt's story, just a stark and pervading sense of emotional sclerosis from the streets of Philly to the halls of Cambridge.
Many take Frost’s 'The Road Not Taken' as an American affirmation to choose one's own path. But in David Orr's reading the twenty-line poem is instead about limits.
...then my attention came to rest again / on the reaching-me-clearly breaking / voice of a woman testifying // she thought fireworks / were going off in a theater...
