Tales from Wolf Island: Reading Wallace Stevens While Salmon Fishing

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Friday, May 11, 2007

Reading Wallace Stevens While Salmon Fishing

"The greatest poverty is not to live in the physical world, to feel that one's desire is too difficult to tell from despair." Wallace Stevens, "Esthetique du Mal" We left the warmth of the island to troll once again for the elusive salmon. We are between the Winter and the Summer seasons of salmon.... Sign in to see full entry.

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