Tuesday, 19 July 2016

New site!

›
I'm now blogging at my new website, http://carrieetter.com. Come along?
Sunday, 12 June 2016

Swallows and Waves by Paula Bohince (Sarabande, 2016)

›
Some favourite passages from this book of lyric poems on "scroll paintings and woodblock prints from Japan's Edo period, which spa...
Monday, 6 June 2016

Jelly Roll by Kevin Young (Knopf, 2003)

›
Some favourite passages: If only I'd read the moss on the tree! instead of shaking it for fruit-- from "Cakewalk"...
Saturday, 28 May 2016

Allison Benis White's Small Porcelain Head (Four Way Books, 2013)

›
Here are some favourite passages from this powerful, enigmatic book in prose poetry: Please forgive me. I pray and can't make it s...
1 comment:
Wednesday, 25 May 2016

Anne Carson's Autobiography of Red (Vintage, 1999), fourth and final selection

›
Here is my last selection of favourite passages from this outstanding book: ...fifty red parrots dove and roared like a conscious water...
Monday, 23 May 2016

The Great Graduating Poets' Showcase at Bath Brew House, May 2016

›
In what I hope will become an annual event, we held our second Great Graduating Poets' Showcase at The Bath Brew House last Friday nig...
Sunday, 22 May 2016

Anne Carson's Autobiography of Red (Vintage, 1999), third selection

›
Some more favourite passages from this amazing book: The pimiento stung his mouth alive like sudden sunset. * You eat like my daught...
Friday, 20 May 2016

Anne Carson's Autobiography of Red (Vintage, 1999), second selection

›
Up on the overpass the night was wide open and blowing headlights like a sea. He stood against the wind and let it peel him clean. ...
Wednesday, 18 May 2016

Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco, April 2016

›
One of the best parts of visiting San Francisco is visiting Fisherman's Wharf. Yes, it's too touristy, but 1) the sea lions and 2) ...
Monday, 16 May 2016

Autobiography of Red: A Novel in Verse by Anne Carson (Vintage, 1999), first selection

›
A first selection of favourite passages from this wonderful book: He clothed himself in this strong word each.  * Before this time ...