Wednesday, February 21, 2024

Prufrock

Memorizing poetry Writer tries to memorize a poem a week


"Except there was always the other path. Verse, unlike prose, could be instantly transformative. In summer 1962, Plath broadcast a fine essay on writing poetry and how it differs from writing fiction: ‘How shall I describe it? – a door opens, a door shuts. In between you have had a glimpse: a garden, a person, a rainstorm, a dragonfly, a heart, a city. I think of those round glass Victorian paperweights … You turn it upside down, then back. It snows. Everything is changed in a minute.’"

https://booksandideas.net/The-Poor-of-the-Ancien-Regime French book about the French poor of the 15th, 16th, and 17th centuries. Sounds like a remarkable book but it is currently only available in French.

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