Robert Carnevale

Robert Carnevale’s poems have been published widely, including in the Paris Review and the New Yorker. He teaches at Drew in the Arts and Letters program.

Gertrude: “But look where sadly the poor wretch comes reading . . .”

By Aleksandr Kushner
November 17, 2020 | Aleksandr Kushner

Detail of Robert Aitken’s Samuel Gompers Memorial, 1933, Washington, DC / Photo by takomabibelot / Flickr What book he was reading – we still don’t know, For Shakespeare doesn’t tell us. Just...