From Paris, with Poetry: On Henri Cole’s ‘Orphic Paris’
Henri Cole's Orphic Paris mines the city of light to illuminate the ends of his art.
V. Joshua Adams
V. Joshua Adams teaches literature and writing at the University of Louisville. A poet, translator, and critic, he is the author of Cold Affections (2018), published by Plan B Press. For more information, visit vjoshuaadams.com
What Are You So Damned Happy About?
Daniel Horowitz's Happier? tells the story of how happiness became such a hot topic, and it shows us — at least in part — why that is such a problem.
Man Out of Time: Chateaubriand’s ‘Memoirs from Beyond the Grave’
This 19th century autobiography showcases the Romantic style for which Chateaubriand became known: vivid descriptions of nature and rustic life mixed with literary allusions and high rhetoric, all in the service of communicating intense, individual feeling.
As Thoreau Says, Not As He Does: ‘The Boatman’ and ‘Walden and Civil Disobedience’
It is what Thoreau wrote about how to live -- not, mind you, the way he actually lived -- that makes him a significant cultural figure.
Allen Ginsberg: The Artist as Mensch
The overwhelming impression from Allen Ginsberg’s interviews is his lack of ego. He comes across, again and again, as a fundamentally decent person.