This week I’ll post poems by oth­er folks as well as some from myself time and again, along with oth­er nor­mal stuff maybe if I feel like it. Today’s poem is by James Agee and comes from the excel­lent book Let Us Now Praise Famous Men. My man­i­festo also comes from that book:

“Isn’t every human being both a sci­en­tist and an artist; and in writ­ing of human expe­ri­ence, isn’t there a good deal to be said for rec­og­niz­ing that fact and for using both meth­ods?”

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