Exposing an existential silence and the pressures of art to countermand it.
“All That Would Ever After Not Be Said contains a sequence of free sonnets of experience that even Blake himself would favour. These small poems are tears for the tongue to be savoured once tasted, and like a drop for the eye, ear, or mind they restore perception to its rightful place. The poems expose existential silence and the pressures of art to countermand it. They are dark diamonds or jewels still carrying some of the sand from the pearl that begat them; heavy in the hand but somehow uplifting as they lead us if not towards grace then to an understanding of it. In the ‘silent empire against conciliation,’ with which Herman concludes this collection, we glimpse unearthed towers, which we now have a duty to raise.” — David Erdos (review in Mü 6)
POSTSCRIPT: Here are all four of Erdos’s poetry reviews in Mü 6 — JH
It’s lovely to see this thoughtful, impassioned reading of Jan Herman’s work. Bravo!
gratifying to see this comment from a longtime theater critic, cultural commentator, and biographer: https://www.theperforminggerard.com
So lovely that this is easily available in europe too! Looking forward getting it in the mail and smelling its pages. Thank you very much!