Flaubert, Frere-Jones, and More
The heart of the task for any poet, according to Czeslaw Milosz, is bearing what is borne by other... more »
The topic of how one’s life connects to one’s aesthetic judgments is a fraught one. Consider Sasha Frere-Jones... more »
Flaubert was once described as a “martyr of literary style.” His letters reveal just how apt that assessment was... more »