Tag Archives: Lord Gordon Byron

Poetry Complements the Intellectual Life

In the grip of an arid intellect resulting in depression, philosopher John Stuart Mill turned to poetry.

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Bloodless Criticism Undermines Lit

Literature can function as an evasion as well as a guide. But only if we talk about it in evasive ways.

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Love Nature, Love Humans

Biologist-poet David Haskell taught my students to see the world with playful eyes.

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