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This was inevitable, and very amusing.
Commented Sep 21, 2009 on "For Lehman's Employees, the Collapse is Personal . . ." at The Best American Poetry
"For Lehman's Employees, the Collapse is Personal . . ."
A year has gone by. Last year it started on 08/08/08 and this year the echoes grew too loud to ignore on 09/09/09. A year ago Lehman, like Lana Turner in 1959, collapsed. This year the memories grow strong in such headlines as these: "Lehman Died So Global Finance Could Live": The New York Times...
Dear Laura: Thanks---I should have thought to have looked on line for it. This might be the same one, but in my memory, the tape I had was of Oscar reading the last three verses of the poem. So, I don't know. There's probably a Wilde scholar out there who could speak to the authenticity of the recording. In any case, I'll add your finding to the post. ---T
Commented Sep 7, 2009 on Mike Tyson & Oscar Wilde (Terence Winch) at The Best American Poetry
Mike Tyson & Oscar Wilde (Terence Winch)
Released in the spring of 2009, James Toback’s documentary Tyson features former heavyweight champ Mike Tyson alone, sitting in a chair, talking into the camera, and as such seems as much about language as anything else. Mike Tyson has always been fascinating to listen to—his speech is scary...
Beautiful job. Very funny. I love it.
Commented Sep 6, 2009 on "Literal Lives" [by David Lehman] at The Best American Poetry
"Literal Lives" [by David Lehman]
Literal Lives Lamb wrote a dissertation on roast pig. Hogg and Suckling did not. Wordsworth Was not what you would call an economical writer. Wilde tamed London. Pater was his literary father. Pound earned a small but steady income from his writing. Ping-pong was Tennyson's favorite indoor spor...
Bill---
Thanks for your comments on this and my other posts. Much appreciated. The sad fact is I don't know Cassidy's music, but I will investigate.
---T
Commented Jul 19, 2009 on Daniel Cassidy: There’s a Sách úr Born Every Minute (Terence Winch) at The Best American Poetry
Daniel Cassidy: There’s a Sách úr Born Every Minute (Terence Winch)
Most visitors to this site share a common tool: the English language, which, as the authors of The Story of English wrote in 1986, “…has become the language of the planet, the first truly global language,” spoken by a billion or so people. They will also tell you that “the English language has ...
Laura:
Thanks for the recommendation. I have a 19-year-old son who might like it, and I'll read it, too.
Commented Dec 14, 2008 on Book Recommendations (by Laura Orem) at The Best American Poetry
Book Recommendations (by Laura Orem)
One of my all-time favorite novels is A Fine and Private Place by Peter S. Beagle. It's a wonderful story about a man who lives in a graveyard in the Bronx, a raven who brings him things, two ghosts who fall in love, and a widow lady who befriends the graveyard man. Beagle wrote it when he was 1...
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