So much confusion When autumn comes around What to do about October How to smile behind a frown? It’s hard to settle down It’s so bemusing Will they cancel the parade? We marched each October Now they say we were never even saved We must be very brave. The October Symphony, Pet Shop Boys After … Continue reading Our October Symphony
In his new book, “Talking to Strangers,” Malcolm Gladwell writes that poets have “far and away the highest suicide rates,” as much as five times the rate for the general population. The statistic struck Andrew Ferguson, a writer for The Atlantic, as odd, so he tracked down its source: a paper that cited a 1993 book by … Continue reading Gladwell’s catchphrase factory has shut down
