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The Poetry of Mortality

December 17, 2007

A friend of mine recently said, to the ultimate questions in Life, only Art can provide the answers. Death is the ultimate question we all have to confront. Many great literary works have been created in attempt to cope with the fear of Death. I find quite moving, therefore this tribute to the Swedish poet and [...]

NBCC's Best Recommended

December 1, 2007

In an era where even TV is becoming passe, I find it real cool that the National Book Critics Circle has its own blog. http://bookcriticscircle.blogspot.com The web seems to be a perfect means to spread the word about a good book. Now the NBCC blog is asking award-winning novelists, historians, poets, critics and biographer to vote for their [...]