Monthly Archives: September 2012

Nicholas Reid Reviews A Common Strangeness

Posted on September 17, 2012 by Jacob Edmond

“A Common Strangeness is a work of real and very wide scholarship . . . Although much of its frame of reference was unfamiliar to me, I nevertheless found its arguments about particular and ‘global’ literary cultures, about the old … Continue reading →

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A poem for Arkadii Dragomoshchenko from Cilla McQueen

Posted on September 16, 2012 by Jacob Edmond

to AD   as i was reading your poem in Dunedin you were dying in Russia this is to say I recognise the span of your spare word-frame the unnecessary pared away to idea shimmering between you and a flower, … Continue reading →

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Arkadii Dragomoshchenko, 1946–2012

Posted on September 13, 2012 by Jacob Edmond

              With great sadness, I learnt yesterday of the passing of a great poet and a friend: Arkadii Dragomoshchenko. I have written a brief commentary about Arkadii as the first post in my commentary on … Continue reading →

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