Willard Spiegelman

Willard Spiegelman was for many years the Hughes Professor of English at Southern Methodist University in Dallas and the longtime editor of the Southwest Review. His nine books include Nothing Stays Put: The Life and Poetry of Amy Clampitt. This essay is adapted from his forthcoming collection, My (Lucky) Stars, which will be published in September 2026.

Musings of a Savoyard

Searching for Gilbert and Sullivan in the 21st century

By Willard Spiegelman | Monday December 1, 2025

What a Great Talker She Was

By Willard Spiegelman | Wednesday September 23, 2020

Come to the Cabaret

Remembering Mabel Mercer, whose voice was intimate and wise

By Willard Spiegelman | Monday December 3, 2018

Virgil’s Aeneid

A tale foreign and familiar

By Willard Spiegelman | Monday April 13, 2015

Proust Goes to the Country Club

At a largely forgettable class reunion, remembrances of things past

By Willard Spiegelman | Monday June 9, 2014

Buoyancy

In literature, as in life, the art of swimming isn’t hard to master

By Willard Spiegelman | Sunday June 1, 2008

Musings of a Savoyard

By Willard Spiegelman | Monday December 1, 2025

What a Great Talker She Was

By Willard Spiegelman | Wednesday September 23, 2020

Come to the Cabaret

By Willard Spiegelman | Monday December 3, 2018

Virgil’s Aeneid

By Willard Spiegelman | Monday April 13, 2015

Buoyancy

By Willard Spiegelman | Sunday June 1, 2008

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