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Nascence & Quietus
Individually, they are unremarkable. Two men and a woman who had managed, with modesty and discretion, to become anonymous; they are known by some in the small community of Mulegé, the name a Cochimi word that aptly describes the town’s disposition: the large ravine of the white mouth, a baranca cut by an unlikely river… Continue reading
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Elizabeth Akers Allen
A capable, self-sufficient individual, Elizabeth Akers ingenuity as a poet sets her apart as one of the most accomplished female writers of her time. Her hard life, exemplified by her rough hands, added grit and realism to the sentiment of her lines, and a refreshing honesty to her work. Continue reading
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SOME PAWKY DELIRIUM
I am stooped to a thin broth, an old man, behindhand coming to the table, a laggard, I am and my soup turns cold and … and repugnance, arthritic hand, dégraisser it was, the ladle plopping in the bowl, incompetent, old coot. Continue reading
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George Moore
A sketch of George Moore by his friend Edouard Manet If one were to rank Irish writers, George Moore (1852 – 1933) would certainly be among the top tier. Despite his excellent reputation, his work is generally considered to be outside the purview of British Victorian literature. He remains ‘other,’ perhaps French perhaps some hybrid.… Continue reading
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A Brief Note On Literature
The road less traveled by has always been my chosen path. Literature certainly is a grassy path that wants wear. I use the word in a modern (hairsplitting?) sense. The Compact Edition of the Oxford English Dictionary, 1979, has, for its second entry, that ‘literature is a literary work or production.’ Any written work or… Continue reading
ESP.LITERATURE 