22. The Dark Side of Jack Gilbert

Jack Gilbert was one of the most celebrated poets of late 20th Century America. How many know that he co-wrote erotic books? Or, indeed, books that included bestiality, incest and pedophilia? This time I delve into that dark side, and suggest that there is something very disturbing about the person responsible for these writings.

Links to the material I used for this presentation are below. The book reviews I looked at were on amazon.co.uk. Search under the pseudonym Tor Kung, and 'Forever Ecstacy' and 'My Mother Taught Me', at that site, as the urls are too long to paste in here. This video is age-restricted and not for minors!

https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2015/02/18/my-mother-taught-me/

https://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/5583/the-art-of-poetry-no-91-jack-gilbert

The poem I discuss, 'Moment of Grace' is here:
https://tzajic.tripod.com/grace.html

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