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"I am the one who passed unnoticed before you,
Invisible, in a cloud of secret pain."
The House of Dust (1916 - 1917)
Conrad Aiken was born #OTD in 1889. He was honored with a Pulitzer Prize and a National Book Award, and was United States Poet Laureate from 1950 to 1952. His published works include poetry, short stories, novels, literary criticism, a play, and an autobiography. via nostr:npub1kvnpp3m60derhwpqwc09zhk3ehk48tr6agc6dk9z2vggu9sga28qpxhm73
Books by Conrad Aiken at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/570
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nostr:npub1ks70cf3wt30sn2gqjnw4zjtd7ztwnnaq4fy0azpdvtlthg7eqrpqlteg5u The House of Dust can also be read online:
https://allpoetry.com/The-House-Of-Dust:-%7BComplete%7D
"Conrad Aiken was born in Savannah, Georgia. In his childhood Aiken experienced a considerable trauma when he found the bodies of his parents after his physician father had killed his mother and committed suicide. He was brought up in Massachusetts from the age of eleven by a great-great-aunt."
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I was struck by how this lengthy NY Times article on a housing development in Brooklyn, located near the short about 20 feet above current sea level, never even alludes to the ongoing increase in sea level.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/28/nyregion/new-york-brooklyn-blue-zones.html