tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8632542.post5297098735034684034..comments2023-11-01T00:38:49.400+11:00Comments on Ampersand Duck: Printy frenzyAmpersand Duckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12245377686193859488noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8632542.post-10372772985143349072007-10-17T21:28:00.000+10:002007-10-17T21:28:00.000+10:00It's a terrific bio. I feel a bit better about the...It's a terrific bio. I feel a bit better about the whole caring gig for having read it. He was not afraid to take time off and do interesting stuff, either, which is heartening.<BR/> Heard Glendinning at the Writers' Fest too, with Sophie - she's a really nice woman, the book must have really stuck it to some of the scholars who think he was a control freak.genevievehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02895689949182365454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8632542.post-54027584010597310082007-10-14T21:18:00.000+10:002007-10-14T21:18:00.000+10:00It would be, G, if I was printing it all the time ...It would be, G, if I was printing it all the time instead of the other crud I'm forced to do for money!<BR/><BR/>I love Leonard Woolf. He sounds like a very kind, intelligent man. I love the way he thought setting type would be soothing for Virginia's nerves.Ampersand Duckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12245377686193859488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8632542.post-88399005146122805442007-10-14T20:19:00.000+10:002007-10-14T20:19:00.000+10:00You have that poetry in a nutshell, &D, as well as...You have that poetry in a nutshell, &D, as well as on your press. It is very fine. No wonder you're excited :)<BR/>There's a nice bit in the Glendinning bio of Leonard Woolf where she says he was often terribly irritated by what he was printing, being a very impatient person anyway and also because of the repetitiveness of it, but did not feel like that about seven early Eliot poems he printed in 1919: <BR/>"I never tired and still do not tire of those lines which were a new note in poetry and came from the heart of the Eliot of those days." (He was self-taught though, wasn't he. Probably made more mistakes than you studio artistes.)<BR/><BR/>It must be rather beautiful to print poetry most of the time.genevievehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02895689949182365454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8632542.post-11615626043020673752007-10-14T16:17:00.000+10:002007-10-14T16:17:00.000+10:00It's by Nan McDonald, and it's not complete becaus...It's by Nan McDonald, and it's not complete because it runs onto the next page. The final stanza reads:<BR/><BR/>I was that child, who now<BR/>Am child no more,<BR/>not the white nor the sooty feather<BR/> can heal my heart,<BR/>No flotsam of the shore<BR/>Is treasure now--but still, great<BR/> gales gone over,<BR/>To that long coast my stumbling<BR/> feet yet tread<BR/>Comes the strange guest, with the <BR/> wild morning foam--<BR/>Oh, in the storm-beat breast the <BR/> wings unfolding!--<BR/>Sea-hued, heaven-hued, that is dead<BR/>Before I bring it home.<BR/><BR/>I love Nan's poetry. She has a melancholy wildness inside great formality.Ampersand Duckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12245377686193859488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8632542.post-65191931521477461302007-10-13T03:55:00.000+10:002007-10-13T03:55:00.000+10:00how wonderful. may the force be with you.whose poe...how wonderful. may the force be with you.<BR/><BR/>whose poem is that? i love it. Must have it.<BR/><BR/>it seems to have erupted out of somewhere in my own mind. <BR/>Lovely.<BR/><BR/>greetings from russiafifihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06946945635726214503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8632542.post-91508693166143821402007-10-11T21:58:00.000+10:002007-10-11T21:58:00.000+10:00Wow, what an exciting project. I rerally like your...Wow, what an exciting project. I rerally like your photo set.Mummy/Crithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08353892248492164501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8632542.post-66087139757312447412007-10-10T21:10:00.000+10:002007-10-10T21:10:00.000+10:00Thanks, Zoe. It must be just on the inside, then!A...Thanks, Zoe. It must be just on the inside, then!<BR/><BR/>Actually, yes, B. I'm looking forward to the weekend.<BR/><BR/>And Poppy... sigh. Enjoy.Ampersand Duckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12245377686193859488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8632542.post-10782645239186129002007-10-10T19:49:00.000+10:002007-10-10T19:49:00.000+10:00go go go - vicarious buzzinesssssss. But think of...go go go - vicarious buzzinesssssss. But think of the enforced weekend break as a time to wash thoroughly, sip rather than gulp tea, & smile quietly to yourself. A lot.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8632542.post-86528051673082247732007-10-10T18:51:00.000+10:002007-10-10T18:51:00.000+10:00Well, I saw you at about 8 this morning and you lo...Well, I saw you at about 8 this morning and you looked great. Perhaps a slight touch of the Crazy Eyes, but very well,Zoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01546885088503890394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8632542.post-75012574952254477052007-10-10T13:27:00.000+10:002007-10-10T13:27:00.000+10:00I know the feeling: really should be doing other s...I know the feeling: really should be doing other stuff as well (I think this is called a 'life', I've heard about it a little), but there are typographical problems to solve, and ink to sniff. Gosh, I'm only getting started and I've already got the bug.Poppy Letterpresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16650683034192766296noreply@blogger.com