January 15, 2017
An Open Letter from the Only Poet on the Professor Watchlist
Dear Charlie Kirk, Founder of Turning Point USA: It’s not every day that an American poet can address someone who thinks he is dangerous. For that alone I should thank […]
October 19, 2013
Betjeman’s Reverse Blazon: Assembling and Disassembling the Loved Body
John Betjeman’s “The Licorice Fields at Pontefract” is a curious thing. The first two lines go as follows: In the licorice fields at Pontefract My love and I did meet* […]