First, I have some new stuff newly online in Shadowtrain #19, alongside other nice people like Annie Clarkson, Rupert Loydell and Sheila Murphy.
Second, I'm reading Adam Sisman's "Wordsworth and Coleridge: The Friendship". Imagine me for the last couple of days, sprawled on the couch, reading. It's a hard life. The book's very readable, but I'm up to page 310 of 430 and so far haven't found anything that I didn't already know from other Coleridge and Wordsworth biographies, and when he talks about the poems Sisman is not especially illuminating. In fact, he's almost pedestrian, and sounds like someone regurgitating someone else's ideas. It's also bad of me, I know, to criticise a book I haven't even finished yet, but I'm in a weird mood at the moment. Having said all of which, if you've never read a biography of either Wordsworth or Coleridge and fancy killing two birds with one stone, this is how to do it.
Third.... oh, there isn't a third. Oh yes there is. I was going to say something about the new Iron & Wine record, but I think I'll save that for another time, because I'm going to see them (him) soon (if my mate has remembered to get tickets) and also I've only heard it twice, and of course twice is not enough. Never enough. But I would say and remind you, dear Readers, that E & D is now open to submissions of poems and other assorted nonsenses if you feel so inclined. And we also want books for review. Look over on the left-hand side for details of how to send things.
I'm definitely in a weird mood at the moment. I think I'll go shopping now.....
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