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The Voice of a Rainstorm

60 pages into Specimen Days and I wish I had started reading earlier! Cunningham is just as good as I remembered him, his prose is rich and precisely descriptive, his characters are compelling and almost disturbingly empathetic. And most of … Continue reading

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Lorca and Whitman

I wanted to point out some Whitman traits in another amazing Lorca poem called “New York.” It’s a little long to write out completely but I will try and show the most relevant excerpts. Quite obviously the Spanish poet is … Continue reading

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