Letters to a Young Poet new-arrivals-140822 and the ties of family

and the ties of family love

presenting academic evidence both for and against it

Rumors of her escape were spreading

while the other eye--and his heart--belongs to the people of New Guinea

an introduction to the use of chiles in the cuisines of Mexico and the Southwest

Letters to a Young Poet new-arrivals-140822 and the ties of familyIn 1903, a student at a military academy sent some of his verses to a well known Austrian poet, requesting an assessment of their value. The older artist, Rainer Maria Rilke (18751926), replied to the novice in this series of lettersan amazing archive of remarkable insights into the ideas behind Rilke's greatest poetry. The ten letters reproduced here were written during an important stage in Rilke's artistic development, and they contain many of the