Under bare Ben Bulben’s head In Drumcliff churchyard Yeats is laid… On limestone quarried near the spot By his command these words are cut: Cast a cold eye On life, on death. Horseman, pass by! —William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) On November 4th, 1992, the eve of Bill Clinton’s victory over George H. W. Bush, Jeanne […]
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John Updike: Voice of the average guy
John Updike was painfully honest about money, sex, race and American dreams.