Celebrity Reclusiveness, Marjorie Perloff, and More

David Foster Wallace said he was washed up, he’d never write so well again, he couldn’t be a mentor. How was a friend to respond? ... more »

Star power is rooted in the tension between the accessible and the inaccessible. Thus celebrity reclusiveness is a potent form of power. Consider Garbo ... more »

At 90, the poetry critic Marjorie Perloff doesn't wan…