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Friday, February 10, 2023

Lynda Barry! The View From Here: Emily Dickinson, Poetry and Survival


I used to read Lynda Barry's work in an alternative newspaper, such as The Ithaca Voice. I'm not sure anymore, but I loved her cartoons, but then forgot about her for many years.  Here she is on memorizing poetry and setting it to music, two of my favorite things to "do" to a poem.  "A pen you can write anything with."