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A Personal Reading Year in Review
By Geo Ong I like to read. I’m one of those people who keep track of what they’ve read, what they’re reading, and what they want to read. 2011 was a wonderful reading year for me personally, filled with great … Continue reading
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Book People: James Laughlin and New Directions
by Geo Ong James Laughlin had aspirations to be a great poet. A friend of his, a man by the name of Ezra Pound, told him as only a friend (or a critic) could: ‘You’re never going to be any … Continue reading
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Tagged books, dorothy pound, Ezra Pound, fiction, gertrude stein, independent publishing, james joyce, james laughlin, new directions, new york city, paris, poetry, poets, publishing, publishing companies, rapallo, tennessee williams, the way it wasn't, thomas merton, writers
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That’s What He Said
‘In a Station of the Metro’ By Ezra Pound The apparition of these faces in the crowd; Petals on a wet, black bough.
Posted in Examples in Urchinism, Geo, Literature, That's What They Said
Tagged Ezra Pound, images, imagist poetry, in a station of the metro, metro, poem, poetry, subway, underground
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Sarah’s Summer Reading
Sarah is currently reading… The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson This book is a hilarious memoir recounting Bryson’s childhood in Des Moines, Iowa in the 1950s. Interspersed with his personal memories and exquisitely nostalgic depictions … Continue reading
