Carina Del Valle Schorske
Carina Del Valle Schorske
Recent Stories
del Valle Schorske: Obama and Biggie make history
"For today, as I go groaning among the shadows, I miss, inevitably, the spectacle that is now taking shape.” —Lévi-Strauss
del Valle Schorske: Autumn’s lessons from alums
‘So, after summer, in the autumn air, comes the cold volume of forgotten ghosts, but soothingly, with pleasant instruments, so that this cold, a children’s tale of ice, seems like a sheen of heat romanticized ... The instinct for heaven had its counterpart: the instinct for earth, for New Haven ...” – Wallace Stevens, “An Ordinary Evening in New Haven”
del Valle Schorske: We cry before we change
"People can cry much more easily than they can change, a rule of psychology people like me picked up as kids on the street.” –James Baldwin On Tuesday afternoon, I told my roommate that no matter the outcome, I would be crying in a few hours. By the time Ohio turned blue, I knew I wouldn’t be, but the fact that tears are now the shared symptom of such radically different emotional experiences in America demands a return to Baldwin.
del Valle Schorske: Beyonce as a boy? It’s not too wild
“You must not know about me.” —Beyoncé, “Irreplaceable”
After guilt, atonement
Last night and today, secular Jews will double or triple normal Temple attendance. In one sense, this fact rankles me.
Del Valle Schorske: In search of mots perdus
Silence will avoid you, but Kafka’s old fish promises will never leave you stranded.
A poet is born even before she knows the word
We all want to be recognized, every once in a while, for what we really are. Let the look of glass stop you, or rather, look in the looking-glass: You are a poet.
Poem - Buenos Aires
Winter had already come. I was reading Robert Lowell, whose ill-spirit sobbed in each blood cell. Nothing so fiercely felt, on my part.