A Small Poetics
A poetess, invited to submit her verse—a friendly offer— answered back: “Your editorial policies don’t fit my own advanced ideas; I’d be a hack if I were to contribute. Life is short, and poems… »
View ArticleOn a Postmodern Publisher
A modest query falls out of the fog: “Might you be interested in this small book, which would appear to fit your catalogue— new figures, new research? Please take a look.” The answer is… »
View ArticleFor the Paris Dead
The Wehrmacht coveted the wealth of France, its grain, vines, ports, its past—and Paris most of all. They planned, and took their shining chance. Admiring it, they didn’t want its ghost, or ruins!...
View ArticleA Small Poetics
A poetess, invited to submit her verse—a friendly offer— answered back: “Your editorial policies don’t fit my own advanced ideas; I’d be a hack if I were to contribute. Life is short, and poems… »
View ArticleOn a Postmodern Publisher
A modest query falls out of the fog: “Might you be interested in this small book, which would appear to fit your catalogue— new figures, new research? Please take a look.” The answer is… »
View ArticleFor the Paris Dead
The Wehrmacht coveted the wealth of France, its grain, vines, ports, its past—and Paris most of all. They planned, and took their shining chance. Admiring it, they didn’t want its ghost, or ruins!...
View ArticleMusic from the Lake
A review of Music from the Lake and Other Essays by Catharine Savage Brosman (Chronicles Press, 2017). Catharine Savage Brosman is a treasure of Southern literature. Although much of her work shows...
View ArticlePreserving the Good
A Review of Catharine Savage Brosman, Southwestern Women Writers and the Vision of Goodness, McFarland Press, 2016. The term “man of letters” has fallen largely into desuetude over the last few...
View ArticleThe South in Poetry: Landscapes, History, Characters
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View ArticleFour Independent Louisiana Poets
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View ArticleRich Hours
Presented at the 2017 Abbeville Institute Summer School. False River —For Olivia Pass, and for Patric It’s wide, impressive, but it’s false—really an oxbow lake, formed when the Mississippi, on its...
View Article“‘Finished in Beauty’ and in Memories”: Catharine Savage Brosman’s Book of Hours
A review-essay on A Memory of Manaus: Poems by Catharine Savage Brosman. Macon, GA: Mercer University Press, 2017. A Memory of Manaus, Catharine Brosman’s eleventh full-length collection of poetry,...
View ArticleLoosiana Poets
A review of Louisiana Poets: A Literary Guide, (U. Press of Mississippi, 2019) by Catharine Savage Brosman and Olivia McNeely Pass. The poet and the scholar are reportedly different sorts of people....
View ArticleA Reading of Poems, Including a Series on Confederate Memorials: “’Tear ‘Em...
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View ArticlePostbellum Louisiana in Grace King’s Fiction: The New South?
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View ArticleAn Aesthetic Feast
A review of An Aesthetic Education and Other Stories (Green Altar Books, 2019) by Catharine Savage Brosman One of the most felicitous occurrences in literature is when a first-rate poet turns his or...
View ArticleFlowering Wisdom
A Review of Chained Tree, Chained Owls, Poems (Green Altar Books, 2020) by Catharine Savage Brosman. This is Catharine Savage Brosman’s twelfth book of poems, and the praise for her work has increased...
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