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Preludes by T. S. Eliot; published by No Reply Press

Posted on July 27, 2023 by J. Davis

Upon receiving the beautiful edition of T. S. Eliot’s Preludes from No Reply Press, I realized that I have never reviewed my cherished Arion Press of The Wasteland. Mostly because even though I cherish that edition and love the poem, … Continue reading →

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Eight World’s Wives by Carol Ann Duffy; Published by Fine Press Poetry

Posted on December 8, 2021 by J. Davis

I’ve been a poetry lover as far back as I can remember. At my age, that probably started, I think, with The Cat in the Hat and Green Eggs and Ham. The first “serious” poetry I remember, and by that … Continue reading →

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Moon as Bright as Water; Published by Chester River Press

Posted on March 28, 2019 by J. Davis

As a reader more than a collector, I’m blessed that I enjoy poetry as much as I do. For poetry readers, there is much more reading available in private press books than, say, a reader of novels or other lengthy … Continue reading →

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Dante’s Inferno; Published by Thornwillow Press

Posted on December 9, 2018 by J. Davis

“Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita mi ritrovai per una selva oscura…” “…Midway upon the journey of our life I found myself in a dark wilderness.” So begins Dante’s Inferno, the first in the trilogy that makes up The … Continue reading →

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The Splendour of a Morning by C.P. Cavafy; Published by Barbarian Press

Posted on January 17, 2018 by J. Davis

In preparing for this review, I realized that Splendour of a Morning is the ONLY modern Greek literature I have in my possession and I believe it might be the only modern Greek book I have read. The other twenty … Continue reading →

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FANCY: 8 Odes of John Keats; Published by the Barbarian Press

Posted on August 11, 2016 by J. Davis

Away! Away! for I will fly to thee, Not charioted by Bacchus and his pards, But on the viewless wings of Poesy, Though the dull brain perplexes and retards… –from Ode to a Nightingale I have definitely dawdled and procrastinated … Continue reading →

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Poetry of Sappho; Published by the Arion Press

Posted on April 17, 2016 by J. Davis

…“Whom again do I persuade to take you back into her love? Who, Sappho, is doing you wrong?” These lines from a poem of Sappho speak to us across the millennium. It’s been twenty-six centuries since this intriguing and unforgettable … Continue reading →

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Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman; Published by the Arion Press

Posted on January 1, 2015 by J. Davis

This is what you shall do: Love the earth and sun and the animals, despise riches, give alms to every one that asks, stand up for the stupid and crazy, devote your income and labor to others, hate tyrants, argue … Continue reading →

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The Seasons: Four Bagatelles; Published by the Barbarian Press

Posted on November 7, 2014 by J. Davis

I’ve lived the endless summer of Southern California for long enough now that my body probably doesn’t have it in it to enjoy the seasons I experienced as I grew up along the Eastern Seaboard from Rhode Island to Key … Continue reading →

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A Coney Island of the Mind; Published by the Arion Press

Posted on May 31, 2014 by J. Davis

I’ve been visiting San Francisco regularly since I switched to the west coast from the east coast by way of university somewhere in between. One constant of my visits has been bookstores. Another has been bars. Now it leans heavily … Continue reading →

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