From the pen of the Irish poet and essayist, Robert Lynd, comes a collection of humorous and satirical essay on the literary scene of his day with critiques of poets and and poetry, ranging from Pepys to Walter de la Mare. He even examines criticism itself. ( Larry Wilson)
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With several volumes of Robert Lynd's essays now completed, we take on another book of essays with a focus on the literary world, especially poets, poetry and criticism, in short, "The Art of Letters." A few of the longer Chapters are divided into parts to keep the sections around 2,000 words each.
DPL will be Penumbra
He will be available in a few weeks, and I will PL anything that comes in during that time
Hi Larry,
I will MC this for you. I took the ~ off the subject line since you have a DPL.
This looks like a wonderful book.
Cheers!
Amy
In the mind, or consciousness of the Earth this flower first lay latent as a dream. Perhaps, in her consciousness, it nested as that which in us corresponds to a little thought.--A.Blackwood
Oh no! I can update the MW if you need for me to.
In the meantime, I will move this to Short Works.
In the mind, or consciousness of the Earth this flower first lay latent as a dream. Perhaps, in her consciousness, it nested as that which in us corresponds to a little thought.--A.Blackwood
Okay, it worked. Fortunately I had backed up; my master spread sheet not too long ago.
Hope I can get back to full functionality soon. I can mange the claims, which I hope will be coming.
In the mind, or consciousness of the Earth this flower first lay latent as a dream. Perhaps, in her consciousness, it nested as that which in us corresponds to a little thought.--A.Blackwood