Word: despairing
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...despair of their accountants, publishers continue to release books of poetry-more than 400 a year in the U.S. That number is swelled by vanity presses and duplicating or mimeograph machines. Almost no one makes money in the process. New poetry volumes are not piled up by cash registers; some stores even begrudge them shelf space. Yet the situation is not as dismal as it seems. Poets continue to write, and persistent readers continue to find them. Promising new voices speak out; others fulfill earlier promises. This season offers five books that are worth tracking down...
...diary--bring him to the literary theory sometimes called "narrative-men," which holds that one's escape from meaninglessness is to consider oneself the narrative voice in a story that is one's life. The point, though provocative, sheds little light on political actions; likewise, the chapters evoking the despair in the face of 60s turmoil, fail to integrate literature convincingly and remain just another 60s dirge...
...anchor of the whole non-Communist world," he said nearly in despair, "and because of righteous indignation this anchor is slithering in the mud." His fear was that in 1976 a new President would see his election as vindication of the antiwar, neo-isolationist position. This must not happen: "My survival depends on it," he said...
Pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart until in our despair there comes wisdom through the awful grace...
...writer smashes his world of material comforts to bits in order to get back at his rival--who, lacking such possessions to act as intermediaries, answers with direct, personal violence to George himself. Neither is honorable, both are barbaric, and the movie ends on a note of human despair and isolation that transcends-temporary social cliches...