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The Imagery is Meant to Signal its Suddenness

A Flash of Lightning in the Dark of Night (1994) There is something to be said for poetic licence. Describing Christ’s return as a flash of lightning works for me. It can be startling, but it is also illuminating. (I … Continue reading

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The Day “Death in Venice” was Conceived

Tadzio Glimpsed on the Venice Beach (May 26, 1911) I could have entitled this: “A Portrait of an Artist as a Young Mann” but that would have been too clever by half. Since I’ve written about Wladyslaw Moes, already, I … Continue reading

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