tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2836883051275395430.post1819476632512628537..comments2023-05-07T23:04:41.733+12:00Comments on Winged Ink: The Glass Essay by Anne CarsonHelen Rickerbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10652318704387476082noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2836883051275395430.post-71795274224558233642009-06-06T20:46:37.598+12:002009-06-06T20:46:37.598+12:00Hi Priya, thanks for your comment. I've also e...Hi Priya, thanks for your comment. I've also enjoyed Autobiography of Red, and am, by coincidence, re-reading it at the moment. It seems like Anne Carson is much better known in the States than she is here in NZ. I've been doing my bit to change that. <br /><br />Thanks for stopping by. I'll check out your blog too.Helen Rickerbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10652318704387476082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2836883051275395430.post-80192812183563411212009-06-06T04:04:40.836+12:002009-06-06T04:04:40.836+12:00Yes, Anne Carson has a way of being both erudite a...Yes, Anne Carson has a way of being both erudite and accessible. I highly recommend <i>Autobiography of Red</i> as well. Nice site, Helen; I found it in a search for "The Glass Essay". ~PriyaUnduly Amplifiedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17529522610601268984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2836883051275395430.post-86431871399700917182008-04-14T22:31:00.000+12:002008-04-14T22:31:00.000+12:00Jennifer, I definitely will email you soon. I just...Jennifer, I definitely will email you soon. I just had a look at your poems on Wicked Alice, and enjoyed them very much.Helen Rickerbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10652318704387476082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2836883051275395430.post-42152566362407704712008-04-12T01:22:00.000+12:002008-04-12T01:22:00.000+12:00I just typed a big message, but I don't think it w...I just typed a big message, but I don't think it went through.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the link. I will link this blog to mine as well.<BR/><BR/>The Glass Essay is an absolute brilliant poem. It inspired a poem of mine that is at the center of my manuscript that I am just finishing. You can see the first two poems at Wicked Alice, an online journal. I called them The Grief Essay, but the entire 20 part poem is called Only to be Hungry. I am hoping to publish it as a chapbook.<BR/><BR/>You'll see the Carson inspiration right away. It weaves together a mother, an ex lover, a dog, and Vincent van Gogh.<BR/><BR/>This has been great chatting about Carson. I would love to see some of your work and/or chat about poetry. My email is: jen007sullivan@hotmail.comJennifer Sullivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07407820860887051468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2836883051275395430.post-66454558711978296292008-04-11T22:58:00.000+12:002008-04-11T22:58:00.000+12:00Yay, I'm glad you stumbled upon Winged Ink, and ya...Yay, I'm glad you stumbled upon Winged Ink, and yay, I'm glad you like The Glass Essay too. No one else seems to have come across it, or Anne Carson, not around here anyway. I'm not at all familiar with Jay Hopler's work. Presumably he uses long poems. I've just finished writing something about The Glass Essay for the New Zealand Poetry Society mag - kind of an expansion on what I said in the blog post - and it got me thinking about how I really like the breathing space that kind of length can give a poem. How it can lead you, kind of slowly and quitely, to a place far from where you started. I've found that for a little while after reading The Glass Essay, other poems seem kind of stingy - pinched and ungenerous.<BR/><BR/>Do you write long poems? I've been writer longer poems, but nothing as long as The Glass Essay - much longest is about 10 or 11 A4 pages. Still too long to get easily published in literary magazines, but not long enough to be epic.<BR/><BR/>I had a look at your blog, and have added it to my links list. With that picture of the Jeep coming up right at the top reminded me of my very best friend Joeli, who was very into Jeeps. Though now that she has abandoned me to live far away in Scotland, she's gone and bought a land rover (or range rover, I can't remember which).<BR/><BR/>Anyway, thanks very much for your comment, and all the very best with your research.<BR/><BR/>HelenHelen Rickerbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10652318704387476082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2836883051275395430.post-40253327562174985392008-04-11T03:59:00.000+12:002008-04-11T03:59:00.000+12:00I stumbled upon this blog as I am researching Jay ...I stumbled upon this blog as I am researching Jay Hopler's use of the long poem. Carson's The Glass Essay is one of the finest examples of the multi-sectioned poem. I think it is my favorite poem as well. I like the idea of it being almost epic.Jennifer Sullivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07407820860887051468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2836883051275395430.post-48338054762908654152008-03-31T19:48:00.000+13:002008-03-31T19:48:00.000+13:00Yay, thanks for you comment. I been really enjoyin...Yay, thanks for you comment. I been really enjoying your blog. I was put on to it my friend <A HREF="http://giantsparrow.wordpress.com/" REL="nofollow">Giant Sparrow</A>.<BR/><BR/>Anne Carson is definitely worth checking out.Helen Rickerbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10652318704387476082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2836883051275395430.post-32248239583624579402008-03-31T06:13:00.000+13:002008-03-31T06:13:00.000+13:00What marvellous extracts! I had never heard of Ann...What marvellous extracts! I had never heard of Anne Carson before, nor the poem in question, but I will look her out now - thank you!litlovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10952927245186474480noreply@blogger.com