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2.06.2009

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A Wonderful Essay about Reading Contemporary Poetry

3 comments:

Alex said...

It's the title essay from Steve's forthcoming book of criticism. Graywolf is publishing it this spring.

expatriate said...

That is nice. Good overview of the late 20th century in American poetry. Referring to the influence of Nevermind is about as easy as Giuliani making references to 9/11, but I don't care. I do want to read more.

Alex said...

Has anyone read the essay where he coined the "elliptical poets?"