Take the ABAB Train: The Curious Story of Poet Charles Malam
Why Did Robert Frost's Protege End Up in Brooklyn Working for the MTA?
An old book, if it’s the right book, can take you down quite a rabbit hole.
Twenty-five years ago or so, I was gifted a first edition of a slim volume of poetry called Spring Plowing. It was the work of a young man named Charles Malam. The book was published in 1928 by Doubleday, Doran & Company. This is how the famous publi…