Musing on Muses (from the WaPo)
Maybe it’s time to rethink the way we think about muses.
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Watch List Digest 8/23/26
I guess this is a literary newsletter this week.
Book Review: "How to Prepare for the Past"
A phantasmagoric rock memoir from a man who apparently was everywhere. Plus: Billy Collins parodies Mary Oliver (or does he?) and some Criterion Channel picks.
Poetic Injustice: The "Mary Oliver" documentary
A new film by Sasha Waters is a celebratory portrait of the beloved poet, but there's a tougher Mary Oliver somewhere behind the stanzas.
Watch List Digest 8/16/26
Just one this week, sorry.