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Criticism and Identity: Who Needs Poetry Anthologies?

Antholo-gee-willikers! Last week on his blog Outside the Lines, poet Christopher Hennessy posted about “encountering the Poulin anthology as a sophomore in college” and how it changed his life forever....

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Yusef Komunyakaa Visits the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

I cry easily: at movies– while listening to records– I even cry occasionally while reading, though teary eyes make the reading tougher. And perhaps not surprisingly, I cry at places too: Ground Zero,...

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Poet Louise Glück: LOST LOVE’s Tiny Pendant of Iron

Last week I posted about Yusef Komunyakaa’s “Facing It” and the kind of surface sadness we can experience as emotional tourists (or readers of a poem). I said of this feeling: It’s not that kind of...

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