John Wood
John Wood lives in Saxtons River, Vermont. He is a poet and critic whose output includes more than twenty critical works and award-winning books in both fields. He has published five books of [...]
The Angels of Our Expectations
For some they are probably handsome young men smiling widely, as in some bright photographed moment once long ago; for others, tough, demanding women uncompromising in the rigor of their wishes; [...]
The Fiction of History
So, Zweig, the famous Buchenwald boy really was protected, hidden from the guards, saved by the Communist inmates—the four year old finally carried out on their shoulders, compassion’s proof [...]
Double Elegy: for a Child, for an Old Man
Age or accident defeats us all, and the Bring-Down is the same. When is it not a tragedy, that call back to extinction, life’s game fizzled? My friend’s just born son, born too soon to beat back [...]
