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Between Words

Anne Carson’s new book-without-a-spine, and the spiritual experience of centrelessness

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

A postmodern elegy from our most original writer

Boredom as a Political Weapon

Saul Bellow fought banality—and taught us to look hard at the world

When you come to greet me, shyly,

wearing nothing but your love for me

I will come to meet you halfway

like a falcon returning to your wrist.

And when you raise your arm,

trembling ever so slightly,

I will alight and let you pull

the velvet shroud over my eyes.

Daniel Goodwin is the author of  The Great Goldbergs and other books.

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