Monthly Archives: December 2018

On Reading William Carlos Williams on Christmas Day

Posted on December 25, 2018 by Mark Kerstetter

It’s Christmas and I don’t have to goIt’s Christmas and I have a place to stay Not writing but readingmy favorite thingPicking my waythrough the delicate mechanismsNot by the clockbut all day to lightly treadSo as not to tramplemy own … Continue reading →

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Carl Andre, Poet

Posted on December 20, 2018 by Mark Kerstetter

Carl Andre is famous for his sculpture but anyone who takes an interest in his work soon discovers that he is a writer as well. One suspects his career could have gone either way. But when the art took off … Continue reading →

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The Book of Disquiet, a Thousand Times

Posted on December 7, 2018 by Mark Kerstetter

I’ve never been able to lose myself in a book…. After a few minutes it’s I who am writing….–Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet, Richard Zenith ed. Penguin paperback There are a thousand ways to read The Book of Disquiet. … Continue reading →

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