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CK: google gives
http://www.nytimes.com/1993/05/02/magazine/vikram-seth-s-big-book.html?sec=&
spon=&pagewanted=5
³One of the Americans he studied with, the poet Timothy Steele, has become
one of [Vikram] Seth's closest friends and a kind of mentor. "The Golden
Gate" bears a dedication to him ("If anything in this engages/By verse,
veracity, or vim/You know whom I must credit, Tim") and Steele read "A
Suitable Boy" from the earliest drafts. They found that they shared a
respect for traditional forms.²
Where¹s my PRIZE?
Can¹t say that I¹m enamoured of VS¹s poesy. A tad too Shadean ;=)
CTaH
On 28/03/2009 20:08, "Nabokv-L" <nabokv-l@UTK.EDU> wrote:
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> Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2009 07:52:18 -0700
> From: Carolyn Kunin <chaiselongue@earthlink.net>
> <mailto:chaiselongue@earthlink.net>
> To: Vladimir Nabokov Forum <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
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> Can anyone identify this?
>
> So here they are, the chapters ready,
> And, half against my will, I'm free
> Of this warm enterprise, this heady
> Labor that has exhausted me.
> Through thirteen months, swift and delightful
> Incited by my friends' insightful
> Paring and prodding and appeal.
> I pray the gentle hands of Steele
> Will once again sift through its pages.
> If anything in this should grate,
> Ascribe it to its natal state;
> If anything in this engages
> By verse, veracity, or vim
> You know whom I must credit, Tim.
>
> Carolyn
>
> p.s. un-related observation: Carmen, Merimee?
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http://www.nytimes.com/1993/05/02/magazine/vikram-seth-s-big-book.html?sec=&
spon=&pagewanted=5
³One of the Americans he studied with, the poet Timothy Steele, has become
one of [Vikram] Seth's closest friends and a kind of mentor. "The Golden
Gate" bears a dedication to him ("If anything in this engages/By verse,
veracity, or vim/You know whom I must credit, Tim") and Steele read "A
Suitable Boy" from the earliest drafts. They found that they shared a
respect for traditional forms.²
Where¹s my PRIZE?
Can¹t say that I¹m enamoured of VS¹s poesy. A tad too Shadean ;=)
CTaH
On 28/03/2009 20:08, "Nabokv-L" <nabokv-l@UTK.EDU> wrote:
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>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Can anyone identify this?
> Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2009 07:52:18 -0700
> From: Carolyn Kunin <chaiselongue@earthlink.net>
> <mailto:chaiselongue@earthlink.net>
> To: Vladimir Nabokov Forum <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
> <mailto:NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
>
> Can anyone identify this?
>
> So here they are, the chapters ready,
> And, half against my will, I'm free
> Of this warm enterprise, this heady
> Labor that has exhausted me.
> Through thirteen months, swift and delightful
> Incited by my friends' insightful
> Paring and prodding and appeal.
> I pray the gentle hands of Steele
> Will once again sift through its pages.
> If anything in this should grate,
> Ascribe it to its natal state;
> If anything in this engages
> By verse, veracity, or vim
> You know whom I must credit, Tim.
>
> Carolyn
>
> p.s. un-related observation: Carmen, Merimee?
>
>
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