The Gold Nerve of Our Condition

I have been enjoying Peter Nicholson’s Poetry and Culture column over at Three Quarks Daily. In particular, his thoughts on irony in our emerging century struck a chord. He calls poetry, “the gold nerve of our condition” and urges the art toward a kind of new humanism. I guess I’m not alone in thinking something’s gotta change.

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  • jenni

    I love A Poetry Fairy Tale. Thanks! Now off to read other links here. Did you get the book yet? I hope I don’t become the girl who sent the book and then wouldn’t stop bugging the shit out of you for it. LOL.

  • Robert

    It did indeed arrive. You have become (perhaps always were) the girl who is totally awesomely generous with great taste in poetry. I am about halfway through (via a couple different sittings) and totally loving Wright’s relationship to language. Really, thank you.