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Eleven Questions for Eleven Poets, including Dana Levin, Max Ritvo, Tony Trigilio [by Alan Michael Parker]
When offered a guest appearance on the Best American Poetry blog, I decided not only to write a couple of articles that I’ve been mulling over, but also to celebrate new books of poems…
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Ben Jonson, “A little winter-love in a dark corner”
Waste of Time.—What a deal of cold business doth a man misspendthe better part of life in! In scattering compliments, tendering visits, gathering and venting news, following feasts and plays, making a little…
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On Poetry and Miracles [by Nin Andrews]
Tis the season of miracles—Hanukkah, Christmas, Santa Claus. My grandchildren can barely contain themselves. “Grandma,” they ask, “Is Santa really going to come down the chimney?” One of them suspects that Amazon might be…
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Seven Terrific Anthologies [recommended by David Lehman]
* Louis Untermeyer, A Concise Treasure of American Poetry (Pocket Books). A peerless one-volume introduction to American poetry. Untermeyer's biographical notes and comments are exemplary. See the note on William Cullen Bryant. * The New…
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WEDNESDAYS WITH DENISE: December 20, 2023
Earlier this year Ecco/Harper Collins published Hell, I Love Everybody: The Essential James Tate. For fans of Tate, the book is essential! As a fan myself, I even own Lucky Darryl (a novel…
