February 21st, 2010 / 12:53 pm
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Justin Taylor
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Harold Bloom recites “Tea at the Palace of Hoon” by Wallace Stevens
with a hearty hat-tip to Adam Fitzgerald. Happy Sunday!
Tags: Adam Fitzgerald, Harold Bloom, Tea at the Palace of Hoon, Wallace Stevens
wow i loved this thanks for posting it!
wow i loved this thanks for posting it!
My pleasure. I loved it too!
My pleasure. I loved it too!
you will learn to love stevens, yet, you
you will learn to love stevens, yet, you
I was just thinking these exact words, actually; only with a “me” where your “you” is, and a “maybe” tossed somewhere in there. I would love some ointment on my beard right now. As I listen to this for the I don’t know tenth time today?
I was just thinking these exact words, actually; only with a “me” where your “you” is, and a “maybe” tossed somewhere in there. I would love some ointment on my beard right now. As I listen to this for the I don’t know tenth time today?
There’s some really mesmerising, impassioned, in his tic of lifting his glasses to his crown and then dropping them back to the bridge of his nose again.
*something
There’s some really mesmerising, impassioned, in his tic of lifting his glasses to his crown and then dropping them back to the bridge of his nose again.
*something
Dude, with all due respect, the glasses, on or off . . .
Dude, with all due respect, the glasses, on or off . . .
I liked that tic, too.
I liked that tic, too.
Great reading. How recent is this? Prof Bloom looks so much more aged here than I’ve ever seen him. Hope he’s okay. . . .
Great reading. How recent is this? Prof Bloom looks so much more aged here than I’ve ever seen him. Hope he’s okay. . . .
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