I, I, I | Eric Murphy Selinger
In the following excerpt, Selinger refers to Carruth’s divided nature as a poet: there is the self that is tough and philosophical and views poetry as pointless, and the self (to borrow the words from a Carruth poem, the ‘‘Small Floy Floy’’) that is subtler, more tender, more charming, and appreciative of the power of love and music to make something beautiful out of nothing.
Eric Murphy Selinger
In the following excerpt, Selinger refers to Carruth’s divided nature as a poet: there is the self that is tough and philosophical and views poetry as pointless, and the self (to borrow the words from a Carruth poem, the ‘‘Small Floy Floy’’) that is subtler, more tender, more charming, and appreciative of the power of love and music to make something beautiful out of nothing.
Carruth dedicates his first-rate new collection, Scrambled Eggs & Whiskey, to his wife, the woman who ‘‘lives with me / and is my...
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