Beware the Man Whose Handwriting Sways Like a Reed in the Wind
Feb 2027 · New Directions Publishing
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WINNER OF THE 2026 NOBEL PRIZE
Anne Carson on handwriting, Catullus and the art of Cy Twombly, and on brain science and being diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease
This is an essay about hands and handwriting. I think of handwriting as a way to organize thought into shapes. I like shapes. I like organizing them. But because of recent neurological changes in my brain I find shapes fall apart on me. My responsibility to forms can’t be gracefully fulfilled. Nonetheless, I offer the following in the hope it does not strike you as disheveled or depressing . . .”WINNER OF THE 2026 NOBEL PRIZE
Anne Carson on handwriting, Catullus and the art of Cy Twombly, and on brain science and being diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease
This is an essay about hands and handwriting. I think of handwriting as a way to organize thought into shapes. I like shapes. I like o...
About the author
WINNER OF THE 2026 NOBEL PRIZE Anne Carson was born in Canada. Her many books of poetry and translation include Antigonick, Autobiography of Red, The Beauty of the Husband, Glass, Irony and God, Norma Jeane Baker of Troy, Nox, and Wrong Norma (winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry).
WINNER OF THE 2026 NOBEL PRIZE Anne Carson was born in Canada. Her many books of poetry and translation include Antigonick, Autobiography of Red, The Beauty of the Husband, Glass, Irony and God, Norma Jeane Baker of Troy, Nox, and Wrong Norma (winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for ...
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