Ronald Johnson I've been AWOL, I know: but then, is blog-neglect really such a crime?
I've been working on a short review of Lev Grossman's The Magicians. To come.
Yet I was gratefully distracted by rereading Ronald Johnson's posthumous The Shrubberies:

burnish bones
by maggot

no Lenore,
nor Minotaur

only light, to
say the least

immure by theft
beast loft

& suckle star
are & are & are

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Other distractions include Niall Ferguson's informative if growth-happy The Ascent of Money. Also, if I'm being honest, I'm distracted by this. For which I make no apology.  ¶ 9:47 AM