Tag Archives: twilight

Agamben on Twilight

Posted on November 22, 2022 by Mark Kerstetter

Twilight As the weight of day bears down and night’s promise advances, memory and loss in equal shares emerge in a standoff. Will and fancy, knowledge and flight become unlikely workmates and vision pushes focus against the last flakes of silver backing … Continue reading →

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Twilight, a poem inspired by Witold Gombrowicz

Posted on April 14, 2022 by Mark Kerstetter

TWILIGHTafter Witold Gombrowicz Who said art is life?It’s a set of eyeballsrolled onto a pitching deck.

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A New Reading of John Ashbery’s Three Poems

Posted on May 4, 2021 by Mark Kerstetter

A CLEAN COPY There are books that fall on you like a building. You’ve survived but you’ll never forget where you were standing when it happened. I was 25 when I read John Ashbery’s Three Poems, about to turn 26. … Continue reading →

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Gombrowicz and Melville: Twilight

Posted on May 14, 2020 by Mark Kerstetter

I’ve written about the twilight world being the liminal space where poetry flourishes in relation to the poetry of John Ashbery and Alfred Corn and to the novels of Michael Brodsky. Today I’d like to give another example, this time … Continue reading →

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Rousselian Cliffhangers and Other Challenges in Michael Brodsky’s ***

Posted on December 14, 2015 by Mark Kerstetter

*** is a novel by Michael Brodsky published in 1994. The title consists solely of three asterisks, making it virtually unpronounceable and unsearchable on the internet. Rather than pass over the name in silence while reading (interesting that the mind … Continue reading →

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Writing ‘Down Impassive Rivers I Tried Each Thing’

Posted on October 26, 2015 by Mark Kerstetter

The poem came about through my interest in a single word: packet. About a week ago I discovered one of my favorite writers—Michael Brodsky—has been writing a blog going by the description “thought packets”. I tried to explain the thrill … Continue reading →

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Down Impassive Rivers I Tried Each Thing

Posted on October 26, 2015 by Mark Kerstetter

As one packed when into the boat by whom is not a set of coordinates on the recovery map you’ll need a good strong cup of coffee for this as termites tunnel the elephant hull chewing into the edges of … Continue reading →

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