Dictionary of my Heart’s Quotations
We all know what dictionaries of poetry typically involve. Either a lexicon of poetic terminology or a biographical encyclopedia of the poets themselves. But what about a poetic dictionary? What would that look like? Dotoli, at his finest, combines his experience as a lexicographer with his artistic sensitivity to give us a striking example through a roadmap of keywords that define his poetry, but also a who's who of the artists and poets whose influence and friendship provide the richest inspiration as he tirelessly continues to reinvent the world, one word at a time.
