This book comprises three novellas: 'Legends of the Fall,' 'Revenge,' and 'The Man Who Gave Up His Name.' The title novella, 'Legends of the Fall,' is an epic tale of three brothers and their lives of passion, madness, exploration, and danger during the time of World War I. 'Revenge' tells the story of a man whose life is drastically altered by love and his quest for justice, while 'The Man Who Gave Up His Name' follows a man going through a midlife crisis, exploring themes of identity and obsession. The novellas are known for their intense and visceral storytelling, reflecting Harrison's powerful and poetic writing style.
Today’s poem is An Apology for Trashing Magazines in Which You Appear by Nicole Sealey. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual.
Around what has become known as “awards season,” casual conversations are abuzz with talk of the year’s movies. This week’s episodes explore how poets take up movies as subjects — how the two art forms intertwine to make us feel more closely this life we share.
In this episode, Major writes… “Today’s cleverly sonic poem collapses the distance even more between celebrities and us, by using a parasocial relationship as a jumping off point for a journey of the imagination.”
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