"towards the lost land"
Akhmatova, Alomar, Chekhov, Kunitz, Melville, Whitman, Stafford, Frame
Anna Akhmatova (trans. Stanley Kunitz and Max Hayward):
Osama Alomar (trans. C. J. Collins and Osama Alomar):
Anton Chekhov to A.S. Savoring, April 13, 1895:
The bourgeoisie loves so-called “positive” types and novels with happy endings since they lull one into thinking that it is fine to simultaneously acquire capital and maintain one’s innocence, to be a beast and still be happy.
Stanley Kunitz:
Herman Melville:
Walt Whitman:
William Stafford:
Janet Frame:
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