First, a friend posted on my wall a thumbnail of Edward Romanzo Elmer’s Mourning Picture. We have talked often about this painting, and about Adrienne Rich’s poem about it, but because I have not yet heard the news I’m not sure why Peter is reminding me of this. I’m about to reply with . . .
Read MoreToday a friend wrote to lament the passing of a lovely soul, the Italian novelist, activist, and translator Antonio Tabucchi. “I wish he had written more, had not had Berlusconi to counter, and had lived longer.” Amen. And yet some may remember Tabucchi today only for his novel of political awakening, Pereira Declares (or . . .
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JEROME LIEBLING,April 16, 1924 – July 27, 2011 A work of many – this, perhaps, is themost wonderful thing about any literary magazine. E pluribus unum. The Massachusetts Review has been exceptionally fortunate inthe caliber of those who have committed their energies to our cause. An MR editor and contributor for over forty years, Jerry Liebling was among . . .
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