(noun) a rapid sliding up or down the musical sca…
What Light Can Do: Essays on Art, Imagination, and the Natural World
by
Robert Hass
Nov. 17, 2019 - Nov. 25, 2019
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Hass, R. (2012). What Light Can Do: Essays on Art, Imagination, and the Natural World. Ecco.
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lapidary »
relating to stone and gems and the work involved …
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vatic »
(adjective) prophetic, oracular; describing or pr…
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mendicant »
(noun) beggar / (noun) a member of a religious or…
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picaresque »
(adjective) of or relating to rogues or rascals /…
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So, of course, they show up in poetry. “I do not …
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I am sure the natural world gave some pleasure to…
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Sugar is not native to North America. It’s indige…
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I did not get much of a sense of the poetry of Ki…
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I could say to students: if you substitute imagin…
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Chekhov's Anger
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Howl at Fifty
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George Oppen: His Art
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Ko Un and Korean Poetry
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Milosz at Eighty
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Milosz at Ninety-three
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Zukofsky at the Outset
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On Teaching Poetry
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Families and Prisons
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Black Nature
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An Oak Grove
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