Beware the Man Whose Handwriting Sways Like a Reed in the Wind

Anne Carson

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Anne Carson’s is among the most inventive, astringent sensibilities in modern letters.

— George Steiner, Times Literary Supplement

Anne Carson on the art of Cy Twombly, Catullus, brain science and being diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease

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Beware the Man Whose Handwriting Sways Like a Reed in the Wind

Literature by Anne Carson

​​“This is an essay about hands and handwriting. I think of handwriting as a way to organize thought into shapes. I like shapes. I like organizing them. But because of recent neurological changes in my brain I find shapes fall apart on me. My responsibility to forms can’t be gracefully fulfilled. Nonetheless, I offer the following in the hope it does not strike you as disheveled or depressing...”

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published: February 23, 2027

ISBN:
9780811241359
Price U.S.:
11.95
Trim Size:
4.5 x 7.25
Page Count:
48
Portrait of Anne Carson

Anne Carson

Canadian poet, essayist and translator of Greek mythology

Anne Carson’s is among the most inventive, astringent sensibilities in modern letters.

— George Steiner, Times Literary Supplement

Her shape-shifting powers are epic.

— Vanity Fair

Anne Carson applies the habits of classical scholarship, the linguistic rigor, the relentless search for evidence, the jigsaw approach to scattered facts, to the trivia of contemporary life.

— Sam Anderson, The New York Times Magazine

Her work is full of moments of startling originality and beauty.

— Colm Tóibín

She is an inspiration to us all. She is that rarest of entities, a writer as fearless as she is gifted.

— Michael Cunningham
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