abounding freedom

New in Arteidolia, a review essay on Julien Gracq’s Abounding Freedom, a collection of prose poems translated into English.

what is beat?

New in Arteidolia, my review-essay on a new anthology of Beat and Beat-related poetry from California.

new in arteidolia

Robert Motherwell’s large painting Reconciliation Elegy has fascinated me since I first saw it in the autumn of 1979, not long after it went up in the then-new East Building of the National Gallery of Art. My reflections on the piece appear in the November number of Arteidolia.