There's Something Almost Adolescent About Whitman's Paean

One Of My Favorite Poets, Neruda, Writes Close To The Bone. Though I Know Only A Little Spanish, I Like To Compare The Spanish And English Lines And See How The Translator Worked.

I Lived Through A Classic Publishing Story. My Editor Was Fired A Month Before The Book Came Out. The Editor Who Took It Over Already Had A Full Plate. It Was Never Advertised. We Didn't Get Reviewed In Any Major Outlets.

My Heart Is A Ladle Of Sweet Water Brimming Over.

Whatever Your Relationship Is To Your Sacred Tradition In The West, You Have Some Relationship To The Bible If Only Through The Names Of The Characters.

I Would Have Stayed Forever Within The Garden Of Re-mose's Childhood, But Time Is A Mother's Enemy.