Selected Essays and ReviewsEssays written over the course of nearly fifty years by one of the most independent and insightful reviewers of American poetry. The author insists that poetry must be textured into daily life for the sake of both. "The essays celebrate craft, ardor, and that resilient material, the word", says Adrienne Rich, herself a poet. |
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Dr Williamss Paterson | 3 |
Stevens as Essayist | 6 |
Write Little Do It Well | 9 |
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