What the Manolo is Reading…
Manolo says, it is Tuesday, time to see what the Manolo is…. Reading… Watching… Listening to… This article in the Slate magazine, by Ron Rosenbaum, it sent the Manolo back to the Nabokov to reread the poetry of Pale Fire. And now, the Manolo cannot but agree that the” John Shade” poem “Pale Fire” is the superior work of poetry, something that should be regarded as one of the greater works of post-war versifying. But, even before this reevaluation, the Manolo had always considered the opening stanza of “Pale Fire” to be among his favorites. I was the shadow of…