This special Halloween edition of GBD includes:
—two funny stories involving the word “casket"
—an explanation of the dumb supper
—American boxer Deontay Wilder on death and sweet potatoes
—an in-depth discussion of John Keats's “The Eve of St. Agnes”
—poetic form / the Spenserian stanza
—the tension between the imaginal life and the life of worldly engagement
—news about the Halloween issue of Southwest Review
A good audio performance of “The Eve of St. Agnes”:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNMT_...
The poem itself:
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem...
“Sailing to Byzantium,” by Yeats:
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem...
Jack Stillinger on “The Eve of St. Agnes”:
https://www.amazon.com/hoodwinking-Ma...
Mónica Ojeda and Sarah Booker:
https://wordswithoutborders.org/read/article/2022-10/the-national-book-award-interviews-monica-ojeda-sarah-booker/
logo design by Julie Savasky at 508 Creative: https://508creative.com
music by Beekeeper Spaceman
