Meeting Summaries

Philip Thatcher on T.S. Eliot

"The Quest" by Cecil Collins (1938); Tate Museum, London Dear Friends, Here are audio recordings of the two-part presentation on T.S. Eliot that Philip Thatcher spoke on October 31, 2026 and November 7, 2026 meetings of the Section for the Literary Arts &...

Dying & Becoming: Orphic Wisdom in the Poetry of Rilke & Novalis

An Inter-Sectional Collaboration with the ASA  Four Sessions Oct 31 - Dec 4, 2026 Dear Friends, Click this sentence to open a PDF that contains links to information from and about the Presenters for this event. As time permits, I will update this website page and/or...

Georg Kühlewind / Publications & Conference Initiative

"Savior's Face: Starlight" (1921) by Alexei Jawlensky   Dear Friends: Here is a brief report from Section member Fred Dennehy concerning an international initiative to re-publish important works by Georg Kühlewind for our 21st century. Section leadership council...

“Poetry speaks what Silence intends” / Section Mtg. with Robert McDermott & Bruce Donehower

"Spiritual Friendship" / photo bdonehower   Dear Friends, At our Section meeting on May 2, 2026 (birthday of Novalis), Robert McDermott and I teamed up for another collaborative presentation on the theme of "east" and "west," so called.  I made a recording of...