Anecdotal Evidence

A blog about the intersection of books and life.

Thursday, July 02, 2026

'From the Caveman to Keats'

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No writer’s death during my lifetime has so stunned me, left me unwilling to accept the news, as Vladimir Nabokov’s. On a muggy night in You...
Wednesday, July 01, 2026

'Leaves Must Be Green in Spring'

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The Battle of Malvern Hill was fought near Richmond, Va., the capital of the Confederacy, on July 1, 1862. Not as well remembered as Antieta...
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Tuesday, June 30, 2026

'To Glorify Things Just Because They Are'

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My father by trade was an ironworker and on the side he ran a welding business. The garage was his workshop. There he kept the usual oxy-ace...
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Monday, June 29, 2026

'Sound Well and Go Well When Spoken'

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I used to think that everyone knew it -- “How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.” -- the same way everyone knew “And what is so rare as ...
Sunday, June 28, 2026

'A Terrible Thing, Time, Nevertheless'

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“With all his gifts, he had of imagination not one spark. Fancy and wit he had in his earlier work; and grace he never lost; but for the res...
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Saturday, June 27, 2026

'Those Irritants That Get Into Our Shoes and Sting'

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Yet again, an English word surprises me with its multiple meanings. A reader complimented the “scruples” I apply to writing. I thought I kne...
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Friday, June 26, 2026

'Nearly Silent. Knowing.'

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R.L. Barth has sent me a copy of his first book, Forced-Marching to the Styx: Vietnam War Poems , a chapbook of twenty-one poems published b...
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