#the glass essay

[russalki]

— Anne Carson, “The Glass Essay”, from Glass, Irony and God

[flowerytale]

Anne Carson, from The Glass Essay

[crushing-on-nico-di-angelo]

and I'm sorry I left, but it was for the best my little dove...

absolute solitude: selected poems, dulce maria loynaz (tr. james o'connor) // the glass essay, anne carson // boyish, japanese breakfast // @uglyfruit // yves olade // hunger, harry styles // a not admitting of the wound, emily dickinson // no surprises, radiohead // fourth of july, sufjan stevens

[girlfictions]

— Anne Carson, The Glass Essay

[thequietabsolute]

Perhaps the hardest thing about losing a love is  to watch the year repeat its days. 

Anne Carson, Glass, Irony, and God; from 'The Glass Essay' (1995.)

[llovelymoonn]

on april

barbara kingsolver demon copperhead \\ sara teasdale a november night \\ fatima aamer bilal i mother it, the absence of her ii. i was hard to bear from the very start (via @ivynightshade) \\ anne carson the glass essay (via @petaltexturedskies) \\ raymond p. fischer an aged man remembers april \\ cyrus cassells \\ anton chekhov love \\ t.s eliot the waste land \\ michelle o'sullivan the flower and the frozen sea: "bespoke"

kofi

[typewriter-worries]

The Glass Essay, Anne Carson

[ Text ID: Spring opens like a blade ]

[derangedrhythms]

the language of the unsaid.

Anne Carson, Glass, Irony, and God; from ‘The Glass Essay’

[transbrucewayne]

—let go.

Top Gun (1986) / Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan by Ilya Repin / Top Gun (1986) / Fleabag 2x04 / Top Gun Maverick (2022) / “The Glass Essay” by Anne Carson

[divinescomedies]

fleabag / the glass essay by anne carson

[petaltexturedskies]

Anne Carson, from The Glass Essay

[embeccy]

You remember too much,

my mother said to me recently.

Why hold onto all that? And I said,

Where can I put it down?

- Anne Carson

[flowerytale]

Anne Carson, from The Glass Essay

[woonwijken]

collection of things that are connected to me

The Glass Essay - Anne Carson / Boot Theory - Richard Siken / I Like To Collapse - Joseph Ceravolo / Cain - José Saramago / Suzanne - Leonard Cohen / Take Me to the River - Talking Heads / The Cold Song - Klaus Nomi /

[daremna]

"As if anger could be a kind of vocation for some women. It is a chilly thought. The heart is dead since infancy. Unwept for let the body go."

- The Glass Essay, Anne Carson

[hairtusk]

The God Fit, Anne Carson (from Glass, Irony and God)