Thursday, October 29, 2015

More on Dylan Thomas

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/12/the-last-rock-star-poet/382239/

    Over my professional careers I have read, subscribed to, paged through countless magazines with varying degrees of regularity and interest. However, the Atlantic has been my most constant subscription, except for my deployment to Germany in 2004-2005. The Transcendentalists who founded it have served us well.

     The above article deals with Thomas' influence and his rock-star status as a poet. I will re-read when I get a chance, but that might be in a bit.

     Hopefully you can get to read before me!

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