Tuesday, May 23, 2006

News at Eleven: In a letter to Anne Stevenson

in the 1960s (which [Alice] Quinn quotes), [Elizabeth] Bishop writes: 'My outlook is pessimistic. I think we are still barbarians, barbarians who commit a hundred indecencies and cruelties every day of our lives, as just possibly future ages may be able to see.'

from London Review of Books: Awful but Cheerful

~~~~~~~~~~~

No comments :