In the wake of the ill-advised canceling of federal funds for Iowa's world-renowned International Writing Program, TFP revisits our 2022 conversation with friend and IWP Director Christopher Merrill.
Thanks, Chris I’m reminded of René Char’s short intro to Hypnos Waking:
“These notes record the resistance of humanism aware of its duties, discreet about its virtues, wishing to keep in reserve the inaccessible as a free field for the fantasy of its suns, and resolved to pay the price for this.”
Thanks, Chris I’m reminded of René Char’s short intro to Hypnos Waking:
“These notes record the resistance of humanism aware of its duties, discreet about its virtues, wishing to keep in reserve the inaccessible as a free field for the fantasy of its suns, and resolved to pay the price for this.”
Thanks for this. The world needs more.