In my latest life in literature installment, I look at the impact of D.H. Lawrence on my college relationship with my future wife.
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On Lawrence and a Sexual Awakening
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Caught Up in a Flood of Remembrance
For an upcoming talk on growing up in Sewanee TN, I have been rummaging through old scrapbooks. A D. H. Lawrence poem captures some of the emotions I’m experiencing.
Going Gently into That Good Night–Or Not
In which I pull on Kenyon, Dylan Thomas, Conrad, Chandler, Lawrence and others in an attempt to penetrate the mysteries of dying.
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Margaret Atwood on the Cicada Love Song
Atwood’s “Cicadas” depicts the sexual urges that drive the insect.
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Poetry and Our June 8, 1973 Wedding
I share the wedding ceremony that Julia and I went through 50 years ago.
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On Revisiting Intense Experiences
Returning to my alma mater reminds me of Wordsworth returning to the Wye River in “Tintern Abbey.” That he shares the experience with his sister makes it even more relevant.
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