Kent, Charles, 1823-1902; Mayer, S. R. Townshend (Samuel Ralph Townshend), 1841-1880;
Concerning uncertainty about Mayer's current address; the long silence between them that "bears all the appearance of an estrangement"; the recovery of his two daughters. Asking about the state of the book that Mayer had planned about "the dear...
Concerning his stay at Ablett's; a description of the district; his melancholy at leaving their unidentified "dear friend," and his eagerness to return home; his plans to leave for Chester tomorrow, and from there to London.
Ben Lerner read the following untitled prose poems from Angle of Yaw; the first lines of these poems are listed below, in order.
"When night falls in the middle west"
"Reading is important"
"He had enough respect for painting"
"The artist...
Chapman, M.; Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859; Macready, William Charles, 1793-1873; Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832;
Concerning the birth of his son; sends translation of Goethe's Faust by a newspaperman of Devonport; watches for announcement of Hunt's new play, evidently to be produced by Macready.
Concerning accepting an invitation for next Saturday; an explanation of the freedoms and social enjoyments that he and other "libelous fellows" and "freemen" have worked to ensure.
Ashley Butler, a graduate of the University of Iowa Nonfiction Writing Program, reads from her essay collection, "Dear Sound of Footstep."
In "Dear Sound of Footstep," Butler uses her mother's physical deterioration and death as a touchstone from...
Cheryl Strayed, best-selling author of Wild, launches the fall Live from Prairie Lights readings on the Virtual Writing University website with Tiny Beautiful Things, Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar. Strayed's advice column on the Rumpus,...