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Baron Wormser: The Refusal

We take, rightly so, poets and writers as people who, in some way, shape, or form, are involved in praising the sheer energy of Being and, in that regard, are saying yes to the life force.

November 10, 2024 · 9 Comments

Baron Wormser: Disunited Delusions

Donald Trump, as an unrestrained American ego, seems like an allegorical figure of the sort that Melville had a fondness for—the Confidence Man, par excellence.

February 11, 2024 · 3 Comments

Herman Melville: Art

In placid hours well-pleased we dream
Of many a brave unbodied scheme.
But form to lend, pulsed life create,
What unlike things must meet and mate…

October 15, 2021 · 3 Comments

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