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Good morning, everyone. In keeping with our policy of re-visiting poets who were especially popular with our readers, we’ve chosen to say hello again to the late Maxine Kumin, who last appeared here in 2014.
Here, exactly as she appeared then, is the widely adored poet, Maxine Kumin.
— Irene Willis
Poetry Editor
POETRY MONDAY: May 5, 2014
Maxine Kumin: A Postlude
Those of us still mourning the loss of former U.S. Poet Laureate Maxine Kumin, who died on February 6 of this year at 88, have a welcome gift, knowing that she didn’t stop. Her new book, And Short the Season (New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2014) is available now, and her voice is as strong as it has always been. Sharp-eyed, keen-witted and ironic as ever, she shies away from nothing in this collection, dedicated to her daughter Judith, whom we Continue reading POETRY MONDAY: March 4, 2024
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“Dr. Benveniste has taken on a daunting task with elan and intellectual energy, examining Sigmund Freud’s cultural contributions to the discipline he created in the late 19th century through a 21st century lens that is informed by anthropology; biological evolution; scientific interest in the natural world; world cultures; art, literature, mythos; over a century of developments in the field of psychoanalysis, and more. He is a true polymath, with broad interests and the ability to synthesize encyclopedic knowledge with focus and exuberance. A spirit of delight prevails in his scholarly writing and his informed, rigorous theorizing.” Merle Molofsky, book review published in The Psychoanalytic Review, Volume 110, Number 3, September 2023, pp. 351-354.
Libido, Culture, and Consciousness: Revisiting Freud’s Totem and Taboo takes us back to the phylogenetic project of psychoanalysis, leaves behind Freud’s psycho-Lamarckian assumption, and sets out in search of analogous relations between Continue reading Libido, Culture, and Consciousness: Revisiting Freud’s Totem and Taboo by Daniel S. Benveniste from IPBooks
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