A Poem Is An Instant

Roberto Calasso's Survey Of The Renewed Interest In Myth Demonstrates How Decisive The Gods' Influence Was On Modern Literature. Calasso Is Not Only Immensely Learned; He Is One Of The Most Original Thinkers And Writers We Have Today.

Poetry Is An Orphan Of Silence. The Words Never Quite Equal The Experience Behind Them.

If The Sky Falls They Shall Have Clouds For Supper.

Only Brooms Know The Devil Still Exists, That The Snow Grows Whiter After A Crow Has Flown Over It

To Submit To Chance Is To Reveal The Self And Its Obsessions.