tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post9059532149754818751..comments2023-11-22T09:11:01.567+00:00Comments on George Szirtes: New Writing Worlds 1George Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08889600788146987089noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-16008931923665659102012-06-19T18:12:48.930+01:002012-06-19T18:12:48.930+01:00The squirm may be comprised of roughly equal eleme...The squirm may be comprised of roughly equal elements of pleasure and discomfort. I never quite know where to put myself when being praised. To say simply 'Thank you' seems smug, and 'Aw shucks' or the equivalent suggests one's cheeks should be burning in a quite unreal cartoonish way. Few of us are good with praise though we all desire it.George Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08889600788146987089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-46485500808102525892012-06-19T09:34:24.841+01:002012-06-19T09:34:24.841+01:00The Winterson's a thrilling book: one of those...The Winterson's a thrilling book: one of those you find yourself transcribing huge chunks of into notebooks (copying out by hand can be as good as drawing for that experience of physically relating to something, even to a text). <br /><br />"..the fullest, most illustrated introductions ever.." Mm. The poetry reading equivalent, sometimes, to the way absolutely every classical concert involves rhapsodic applause, encores and (on the radio) that strange, elated tone in a commentator's voice, moonwalking over the cheers and claps. I wonder if the actual poets aren't secretly squirming inside at times!James Hamiltonhttp://www.garreteer.co.uknoreply@blogger.com