Comments on: Caught In A Moment: The Poetry of Eric Basso ../ Your Non-Denominational Source for The Weird Fri, 09 Aug 2013 06:46:10 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 By: WFR.com Summer Break | Adam Mills | Weird Fiction Review ../#comment-11325 Fri, 09 Aug 2013 06:46:10 +0000 ../../../../#comment-11325 […] “Caught In A Moment: The Poetry of Eric Basso” by Larry Nolen: One of my favorite pieces from Eric Basso Week, back in March 2012, and perhaps my favorite thing Nolen has written. In order to honestly write about Basso’s poetry, emotionally challenging and difficult as it is, Nolen confronts his own emotional traumas and memories head on, to conflate them with the conditions that drove Basso to write the way he did. By doing this, Nolen achieves a clarity of insight into Basso and his writing that I’ve rarely encountered elsewhere. I walked away from this essay with a new appreciation for both Basso and the man who profiled him. […]

]]> By: Neal Jansons ../#comment-1983 Wed, 07 Mar 2012 23:29:19 +0000 ../../../../#comment-1983 A wonderful analysis. I appreciate being introduced to this author’s work through your week of showcasing.

It’s hard to get a grip on poetry. I find that it’s difficult for me to even think in words about poetry, my own or that of others; something about it defies any sort of description besides simply pointing to it and saying “read for yourself”. I applaud your effort.

]]> By: John Stevens ../#comment-1982 Wed, 07 Mar 2012 21:15:25 +0000 ../../../../#comment-1982 Basso’s work is not easy to work through, but it’s a very fruitful struggle. There are so many images and relations to elucidate and reflect upon.

This is a very good essay, but there’s so much still to conjure out of Basso’s work. Grief, absence, alienation… what’s striking is how he can return to these themes with powerful observations and rich symbolism. I’m reading UMBRA right now and it’s a very affecting experience. And “Secular Superstition” is one I return to again and again to think about.

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