Where are the Competent Romantics?

Magic and Normalcy Belong Together

A year ago, I asked “Where are today’s warrior poets?” I’m pleased to say that since asking that question I’ve been finding them. Peter Cole is one such person. He’s a poet and translator whose faith in his project can move mountains. He is not a literal warrior, but he translates medieval poets who were, and he is fighting “a war for the imagination.”

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