Dear Reader,
Good morning from France. My head is still spinning from jet-lag. Thank you for the beautiful birthday poems, letters, hand-written postcards, and notes.
A couple house items before the goods.
Dante’s Inferno begins next Sunday, one week from today!
20th Century German Literature begins one week from today, January 18th at the 92nd St. Y. Roundtable
Enroll here.
Silence begins January 29th at the Brooklyn Institute.
Enroll here.
And Musil resumes Monday January 19th after our winter hiatus.
Poems
Some Jane Hirshfield for your Sunday:
![Late Prayer - Jane Hirshfield [POEM] : r/Poetry](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!QP5f!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F00f63137-cd53-404f-a201-feb9866f3a9f_1080x1072.jpeg "Late Prayer - Jane Hirshfield [POEM] : r/Poetry")
![POEM] Jane Hirshfield - Everything Has Two Endings : r/Poetry](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!C5_f!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffabbc380-3b21-486d-b1c3-b86b690578a0_720x709.png "POEM] Jane Hirshfield - Everything Has Two Endings : r/Poetry")
T.J. Clark on the perfect work of art
And something standard, a little Oscar Peterson, We Get Requests
Until soon!
Sam
Oscar Peterson is always a delight. Thank you.