tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2755123332716147532.post313589111349449390..comments2023-09-26T08:04:43.755-07:00Comments on Mark Doty: Around midnight, Frenchman Street, Faubourg MarignyMark Dotyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04148162515300148887noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2755123332716147532.post-9411381190212630952009-05-02T18:35:00.000-07:002009-05-02T18:35:00.000-07:00Well, even though it originates from somewhere els...Well, even though it originates from somewhere else (collective imagination, perhaps?), it is the first time I have heard it used to describe New Orleans.<br /><br />Did you overall enjoy your trip to the city? When were you last in town?K. Bellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07666693620050717176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2755123332716147532.post-46408546879398593832009-05-02T10:12:00.000-07:002009-05-02T10:12:00.000-07:00OK, well, "holy city of the imagination" comes to ...OK, well, "holy city of the imagination" comes to mind first from the most beautiful blurb I ever received, which is the one Phil Levine wrote for MY ALEXANDRIA. But it also shows up in critical writing about Yeats and Byzantium, and doubtless in plenty of other places, too... so maybe it doesn't have a locatable origin?Mark Dotyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04148162515300148887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2755123332716147532.post-74096096784780105852009-05-02T09:47:00.000-07:002009-05-02T09:47:00.000-07:00I don't think I can take credit for the phrase "ho...I don't think I can take credit for the phrase "holy city of the imagination" -- though I also can't remember where I read it someplace, long ago. Not in reference to New Orleans but someplace else. I'm wondering if it's somewhere in Lynda Hull's work? Or maybe in Ginsberg?Mark Dotyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04148162515300148887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2755123332716147532.post-32107686625060613242009-05-02T09:02:00.000-07:002009-05-02T09:02:00.000-07:00I had a girlfriend once who was from NO. Even the ...I had a girlfriend once who was from NO. Even the way she talked was sexy. And her dirty rice!beth coyotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04671290135595711572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2755123332716147532.post-51904544304538286832009-05-02T07:50:00.000-07:002009-05-02T07:50:00.000-07:00The phrase "one of the holy cities of the imaginat...The phrase "one of the holy cities of the imagination" is quite possibly one of the best descriptions of New Orleans I have heard. There is something about the city that cannot ever be duplicated. Some indescribable feeling seems to linger over you any time you are there.K. Bellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07666693620050717176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2755123332716147532.post-17646394867366755012009-05-01T19:57:00.000-07:002009-05-01T19:57:00.000-07:00I'll be there in two weeks. Can't wait. NOLA is on...I'll be there in two weeks. Can't wait. NOLA is one of my spiritual homes.Collin Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03777180960376039699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2755123332716147532.post-82665912562965164982009-05-01T14:04:00.000-07:002009-05-01T14:04:00.000-07:00I love your description of New Orleans as "one of ...I love your description of New Orleans as "one of the holy cities of the imagination." It is truly a place inhabited by spirits, magic, unparalleled music and cuisine that can drive me to my knees in gratitude.<br /><br />Incidentally, the taco stands have all sprung up post-Katrina, as Latinos have flooded (so-to-speak) the area to do a lot of the cleanup and rebuilding work.T. https://www.blogger.com/profile/16509409207991963533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2755123332716147532.post-42139804756676495142009-05-01T09:36:00.000-07:002009-05-01T09:36:00.000-07:00Laissez les bon temps rouler! Delight in the stre...Laissez les bon temps rouler! Delight in the streets, so unlike the northeast, where I Iive.Mimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13039776441665375475noreply@blogger.com