Puerto Rico, 2016

OSJ tree — What a strange and wonderful tree, on a street in Old San Juan!

Beach, Isla Verde — Beautiful beach in Isla Verde, Puerto Rico

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“Keats, America, & Aesthetic Realism”

John Keats is safe in history now, his poetry alive as ever. What is it about his work that makes it so alive, so stirring? And what made for the narrowness and cruelty of the critics of his own time, who could not see the value of Keats’ work—its newness, its excitement about beauty wherever he saw it? The answer to both questions is in this new publication, which includes part of Eli Siegel’s lecture Poetry, Atmosphere, & Neatness. As an English teacher, and a human being, I can’t recommend it highly enough.

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