Review: ‘The Best Barbarian’ by Roger Reeves

[ad_1] Two excellent poems, “Grendel” and “Grendel’s Mother,” recreated the notorious characters from “Beowulf.” In the first, Grendel emerges from the wilderness with “Absolute prophecy/And a desire for mercy in his chest, an end for a friend/Drifting in Solitude”. The beast’s “alien” status is what makes the Danes in the mead parlor view them positively. …

Coach Dan Reeves, Who Reached (But Lost) Four Super Cups, Dies at 77

[ad_1] Dan Reeves, a former Dallas Cowboys player who has led teams to four Super Bowls as a coach (despite losing all of them), died Saturday at his home in Atlanta. He was 77 years old. According to a family statement, the cause was complications from dementia. Reeves played and coached the Dallas Cowboys during …