October 1, 2014
This I Believe: Five Motives for Writing
It is a very self-conscious thing to speak of one’s “credo.” I think that most writers and artists love their work, which of course we don’t consider “work”—exactly. As artists […]
October 1, 2014
Introduction: Kenyon Review Credos
In the early 1950s John Crowe Ransom, founding editor of this magazine, invited some of the most celebrated public intellectuals of the day, among them Northrop Frye, William Empson, and […]
July 1, 2014
Introduction: The Kenyon Review Credos
In the early 1950s John Crowe Ransom, founding editor of this magazine, invited some of the most celebrated public intellectuals of the day, among them Northrop Frye, William Empson, and […]
July 1, 2014
On Process
I don’t know that I really have a credo, unless it’s “Trust the process.” For me, the process is to take some tiny scrap of text, as unladen with “meaning” […]
April 1, 2014
Introduction: The Kenyon Review Credos
In the early 1950s John Crowe Ransom, founding editor of this magazine, invited some of the most celebrated public intellectuals of the day, among them Northrop Frye, William Empson, and […]
April 1, 2014
Available in Response
I’m writing this from the desert in Marfa, Texas, where I’ve spent a lot of time over the past four years. I wrote a poem here in 2008 called “The […]
January 1, 2014
Introduction: The Kenyon Review Credos
In the early 1950s John Crowe Ransom, founding editor of this magazine, invited some of the most celebrated public intellectuals of the day, among them Northrop Frye, William Empson, and […]
January 1, 2014
Foliage
I’ve just finished raking the leaves from around the bamboo and hosing down the flagstones free of bird shit from the birds that make the bamboo home—is this a form […]