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“The Photomancer” by Geoffrey Brock
The signs, my dear, are there: Notice how he is standing In shade and you in sunlight, And see that snow-capped peak That hovers over you Like a dunce hat? When it… Read More
“Prof of Profs” by Geoffrey Brock
For Allison Hogge, in memory of Brian Wilkie I was a math major—fond of all things rational. It was the first day of my first poetry class. The prof, with the air… Read More
“Autumn Day” by Rainer Maria Rilke, Translated by Ryan Wilson
Ryan Wilson is the author of The Stranger World, winner of the Donald Justice Poetry Prize, and How to Think Like a Poet, and he is co-editor, along with April Linder, of the forthcoming… Read More
Books Read or Reread by Ernest Hilbert in 2017
I don't get to nearly as many books as I used to, but I still manage to sneak a few in. Here are the ones I got to in 2017. I'd love… Read More
Books Read or Reread by Ernest Hilbert in 2016
One thing I’ve learned about fatherhood is that the number of books one will have time to read in a given year plummets precipitously. Nonetheless, I managed a few. George Saintsbury,… Read More
Books Read or Reread by Ernest Hilbert in 2015
Another year down, and once again I lament I only found time for a small number of the books I had hoped to read. Here's the rundown of what I managed to… Read More
Books Read or Reread by Ernest Hilbert in 2014
Well, that's it. Another year swirls slowly around the drain, soon to be gone. Here is my annual roundup of books I somehow found the time to read over the past year.… Read More
Another Year Gone, One Step Closer to Death, or, Books Read or Reread in 2013
Another year in books. What were yours this year? … Read More
Is That All? Books Read or Reread in 2012
Another year in books, burned to the wick. … Read More
Books Read or Reread in 2011
Another year gone already? Strange. I never seem to spend as much time reading as I'd like. I imagine others share my dismay when I realize that yet another twelve months have… Read More