utterly charming! there’s so much of the classic children’s writer in her… the wry jokey little asides, the talking beasts, the “of course”s. insubstautterly charming! there’s so much of the classic children’s writer in her… the wry jokey little asides, the talking beasts, the “of course”s. insubstantial but pleasant! lovely illustrations. now do one for piranesi...more
wideman is one of our great thinkers and this book, though imperfect, has a ton to offer. expect to hear a lot more about this one. they should call hwideman is one of our great thinkers and this book, though imperfect, has a ton to offer. expect to hear a lot more about this one. they should call him john edgar wiseman!!...more
3.5, rounding up for general warmth of spirit. collins seems very happy these days! the poems in this book are mainly pleasant little bubbles which le3.5, rounding up for general warmth of spirit. collins seems very happy these days! the poems in this book are mainly pleasant little bubbles which left my mind as soon as they popped, but looked very pretty in the meantime...more
iowa city novels are uncanny. this is really good but a lot of the goodness is borrowed from poems, which makes me wonder slightly why not just cut ouiowa city novels are uncanny. this is really good but a lot of the goodness is borrowed from poems, which makes me wonder slightly why not just cut out the middleman? the oppen section is lovely, the best in the novel by far. the taverner western wind mass is 10x more beautiful than this could have ever been, so maybe the lesson is be careful what you invoke. it’s weird seeing places you know in a book!...more
very almost 5 stars -- only slightly infected with modern cultural revisionism virus (not the kindly best friend lesbian!) and sentimental epiloguitisvery almost 5 stars -- only slightly infected with modern cultural revisionism virus (not the kindly best friend lesbian!) and sentimental epiloguitis. quite badly needs a historical afterword of some sort...more
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