Presque vu XXIV

30th September 2007 with 1 Comment

 
I think it’s rather unfortunate that some of the coverage tries to pitch print reviewing against the new media. I think they complement each other very well.
Salman Rushdie

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Chances are that if you are a writer a little further down the food chain, but lucky enough to have an agent, they won’t be doing much for [...]

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Poetry presents the thing in order to convey the feeling. It should be precise about the thing and reticent about the feeling, for as soon as the mind [of the reader] responds to and connects with the the thing, the feeling shows in the wrds: this is how poetry enters deeply into us. If the poet presents directly feelings which overwhelm him, and keeps nothing back...he cannot...strengthen morality and refine culture, set heaven and earth in motion and call up the spirits. Wei T'ai

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