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Category Archives: Literature
Automatic Writing
I found out about "automatic writing" this week while reading the Richard Elmann biography of the poet W. B. Yeats. "Automatic writing" means writing without conscious control. Say you are watching TV or talking to a friend and your hand … Continue reading
Posted in Literature, Personal
Tagged ceremony of innocence, desert birds, lion body, rough beast, stony sleep, w b yeats
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I’m Reading Shellard’s Biography Of Theater Critic Kenneth Tynan
The parallels between Tynan and I are frightening. He was the first person to use the f-word on the BBC. I am the first person to use the f-word on the internet.
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A Pilgrimage of Passion: The Life of Wilfrid Scawen Blunt
I’m reading an essay by the author Elizabeth Longford about her writing up the life of poet Wilfrid Scawen Blunt. She was all hot and bothered by Blunt’s voracious sexuality. She writes: …But I have to admit to a moment … Continue reading
Posted in Literature
Tagged cocksman, elizabeth longford, fin de siecle, love quot, love verse, lusts, sincerity, virility
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Cheever: A Life by Blake Bailey
I’m loving this 2009 biography. I love the insights into body use in this quote from Cheever: “In an upper-class gathering I suddenly think of myself as a pariah—a small and dirty fraud, a deserved outcast, a spiritual and sexual … Continue reading
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Tagged blake bailey, deep breath, felling trees, fifty cents, impostor, mild objection, outcast, pariah, poker face, splitting wood
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Alexander Technique & Revolutionary Road
I’m reading this novel by Richard Yates and I’m struck by the number of allusions to Alexander Technique. I have no reason to believe that Yates ever heard of the technique, but here’s a profound insight from his novel: "And … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexander Technique, nestling, profound insight, revolutionary road, richard yates, shoulder blade
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