Speaking of poets who dabble in the visual arts… Elizabeth Bishop’s Exchanging Hats is fantastic. It’s full of slightly odd lines and domestic images that become a little bit strange. Gracefulness with an edge. I love it.
May 10, 2008
Plathophilia
Apparently, Sylvia Plath was also a visual artist, and her work is collected in a new book called Eye Rhymes. Elizabeth Bachner’s essay “Plathophilia: Rereading Sylvia” on Bookslut discusses both the new book and the public’s desire to exhume Plath for yet another “discovery” of her person.
I came to Plath’s work late. Resisting her in [...]
May 10, 2008
Listening to the Story
I’m just over halfway through listening to Zadie Smith’s White Teeth (currently on tape 10) and have been thinking about the difference between reading and listening to a story.
In the back of my mind, I’m nagged by the thought that listening to a book is the lazy-man’s way of reading. I worry that I [...]
