Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Great Regulars: More than a decade ago (June 1998),

as the millennial year approached, I offered Slate readers "The Darkling Thrush" as a hard-to-equal model for responses to the turn of a millennium.

Now, at what many hope is the start of a new era, and in time for the new year, here again is Hardy's vividly described little bird with its blend of comedy and pathos.

from Robert Pinsky: Slate: "The Darkling Thrush"

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