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Poet and Son: Hartley Coleridge (5)

By John Harris | July 4, 2013

John Harris’s extended essay on the Coleridges and company is part of the Poet and Son series.

Comparative Lyrics

By George Bowering | June 27, 2013

Gorge Bowering compares some Oldies But Goodies with some Newies But Baddies.

Poet and Son: Hartley Coleridge (4)

By John Harris | June 27, 2013

John Harris’s extended essay on the Coleridges and their friends is the latest installment in the Poet and Son series.

Children of the Daze

By Brian Fawcett | June 24, 2013

Brian Fawcett posts a review of Eduardo Galeano’s new book. He has some misgivings about it…

Why Did Alt Lit Cross the Road?

By Stan Persky | June 20, 2013

Tao Lin’s new novel, “Taipei,” reviewed by Stan Persky from a rocking chair.

Unvarnished Truth

By Ron Silliman | June 20, 2013

Ron Silliman reviews Margarethe von Trotta’s film about Hannah Arendt.

Poet and Son: Hartley Coleridge (3)

By John Harris | June 19, 2013

John Harris continues his extended essay on the Coleridges, Wordsworth, Southey and company, part of the “Poet and Son” series.

Bradbury Redux: Censorship, TV, and Books in the Age of Consumption

By Michael Boughn | June 13, 2013

Ray Bradbury’s “Fahrenheit 451” is the Toronto Public Library’s 2013 featured book in the library’s “Keep Toronto Reading” program. Michael Boughn talks about it.

Vatican Council II’s Last Great Champion

By Daniel Gawthrop | June 12, 2013

Dan Gawthrop, a lapsed Roman Catholic, makes a case for the life and work of his childhood bishop, Remi De Roo, one of the few surviving participants of the Second Vatican Council.

Poet and Son: Hartley Coleridge (2)

By John Harris | June 12, 2013

Part two of John Harris’s extended essay on Samuel Coleridge, his son Hartley, and William Wordsworth, from the series “Poet and Son.” An exploration of 19th century poetry, child-rearing, opium smoking, and thinking about nature.