March 12, 2022

Something I thought about:

• Obviously the war and pandemic continue to be the backdrop to everything right now. But besides that, the chapter that I’m working on is a bit all over the place, so I restructured it. Now it’s a bit choppy, but the order makes more sense, so I’m going to see if I can fill out this new structure a little better. I also spent an absurd amount of time thinking about the sonnet form and its history and evolution.

Something I did:

• Restructured another dissertation chapter.
• Read a lot.
• Said no to one thing and took two other things off of my plate so that I can focus on the diss.

Something I read:

• All the Flowers Kneeling by Paul Tran
• Elizabeth Bishop: Her Artistic Development by Thomas J. Travisano
• This interview with Jericho Brown on form and pedagogy.