tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15401982.post1895223071572719768..comments2024-01-11T19:21:29.397-08:00Comments on Julie R. Enszer: Essex Hemphill's Ceremonies and Muriel Rukeyser's The Life of PoetryJulie R. Enszerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18225279980205699210noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15401982.post-91017169120010708252007-11-19T11:23:00.000-08:002007-11-19T11:23:00.000-08:00Wow! There are some amazing lines here, Julie. The...Wow! There are some amazing lines here, Julie. There's a whole book behind this:<BR/><BR/><EM>Sometimes language has everything to offer in mourning, in grief. Sometimes it has nothing. Sometimes what we must give to sadness and anger is action and work, not words. I often thought that my life and my mind were split between the âkâ and the âdâ.</EM><BR/><BR/>Whatever you did or didn't want to write about Essex Hemphill's <EM>Ceremonies</EM> (a book I'm afraid to say I don't know), your passion for words and work came through.<BR/><BR/>NickiNicki Hastiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08688408490931426245noreply@blogger.com