Great interview between Tyler Cowen and the book’s author here!

https://conversationswithtyler.com/episodes/katherine-rundel...

In a similar vein of British metaphysical poetry: I’ve heard great things about Kunin’s Love Three[1] as an analysis of the eponymous George Herbert poem[2].

[1]: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet-books/2019/11/nice-...

[2]: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44367/love-iii

> (When Donne pleads, ‘Batter my heart, three-personed God,’ he is asking the Trinity to try his approach for a change.)

This poem is my shining example of “most dangerous prayer”. It’s surpassingly excellent.

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44106/holy-sonnets-ba...

In a similar vein: https://www.hymnal.net/en/hymn/h/422

teach me some melodious sonnet /sung by flaming tongues above

I'm in the middle of this book now, and it's beautiful. Rundell captures the sense of the era and Donne's precarious, changing, often-unknown place within it, leading you to fall for Donne alongside her excellent, charming writing.

I'm sometimes tempted to throw some Donne into interviews for culture fit. The main reason I don't is because there are good candidates who may not have any background in English poetry and even though I wouldn't make a no hire decision on account of that, I don't want to risk even giving the appearance that I would. Even so, anecdotally, appreciation for Donne has been an oddly common trait among the most successful dev and higher managers I've worked with and for.

Is it enough for the candidate to be into Metallica?

What if someone prefered Milton or even Dryden?