Gossiping with Edmund Wilson | Excerpts from His Letters

Noted names dropped:
T.S. Eliot
E.E. Cummings
G.K. Chesterton
H.G. Wells
G.B. Shaw
W.B. Yeats
James Joyce
John Peale Bishop
G.M. Trevelyan
Thomas Babington Macaulay

[@poetrycrone6061]

Very interesting to hear the opinions flying about at that time. Thanks for sharing.

[@BookishTexan]

Wilson certainly had strong opinions that he was not shy about sharing.

[@davidnovakreadspoetry]

It may be that self-doubt was not one of his strong points. 🤔

[@chrisbeveridge3066]

I shall teach you still more of the farthest knowledge one can know. So spoke the god.
silky sunshine caresses my naked shoulders tracing gently with warm fingers shifting filigree patterns on my body through the bright leaves above
gently moving in the soft wind
tracery
did he say : much is written but little published?
shift has 9 meanings

[@carlzeichner8168]

Why are you wearing a hat indoors?