The Inner Ear

"Writing is the mother of eloquence and the father of artists."
from cuneiform tablet in the library of Ashurbanipal (669-622 BC)
"The First Poets", Michael Schmidt

The Inner Ear

"Modern historical scepticism must not bridle us or we will have no Orpheus to converse with and no stories to tell."
-Michael Schmidt, The First Poets

Your Household Bookcase

"Lives of the Poets"

copyrright 1998 by Michael Schmidt

Vintage Books/Random House

New York, 2000