The better part of a century ago, one of the great literary debates involved two American-born poets, Robert Frost and T.S. Eliot, whose followers vied for primacy. Both were hailed as innovators who discarded existing practices — Frost with his chapter-length narratives in “North of Boston,” Eliot for his wildly eclectic “The Waste Land.” Over […]

It was late December of 2020. COVID cabin fever was hitting me hard. As a writer and communications consultant, I’ve long worked from an office in my home. I was used to working alone at home, but COVID isolation was pushing me beyond my limits. Family issues were also weighing me down. My father, then […]