Louise Glück Awarded AA Nobel Prize for Literature

By R.C.

Thu, Oct 8, 2020 9:23 a.m.

Olsson said her verses, which often draw on classical influences and examine family life, were marked by an "austere but also playful intelligence and a refined sense of composition"

https://ktla.com/news/nationworld/american-poet-louise-gluck-awarded-nobel-literature-prize/

R.C.: So, she's a child of the West?

N.S.: Looks like the John Doe calling himself "Barack Obama" is sniffing her hair.

This is yet another affirmative action Nobel. Not that Louise Glück is all that bad, for an AA recipient.

During the early 1990s, as my Nice Jewish Girl (NJG) was getting ready to leave me, a jacket photo of a Louise Glück poetry collection inspired me to doggerel. In the picture, Glück's expression was hostile, and she seemed to be looking right past the reader. She wasn't half-bad looking, 35-40 years ago.

Glück and my ex both aged badly.

American poet Louise Glück awarded Nobel literature prize American poet Louise Glück won the Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday for her "candid and uncompromising" work, becoming the first U.S. winner since Bob Dylan in 2016. The Nobel Committee praise… ktla.com