Jim Kates
It is always a pleasure to read the poems of a writer who has an ear for language and an eye for form, a voice of their own, and an interest in a world beyond the reach of their own person.
Read MoreIt is the loss of memories and the meaning of memory that dominate, generating speculations that draw the reader into and through Maria Stepanova’s argument and interpretations.
Read MoreThe Movement works best as a stripped-down, high-speed introduction to the struggle for civil rights, nothing more.
Read MorePoet Paul Celan has come to embody in person and in print the agonies of a half century of European culture.
Read MoreIt’s hard to imagine many of Gail Mazur’s poems emerging from anywhere else than from inside Route 128.
Read MoreIn Henri Cole’s best poems, the outside and the inside interpenetrate and merge.
Read MoreTake the poems slowly, enjoy the Cage-y silences, the concentrated words as they appear.
Read MoreFor a generation of Russians, Joseph Brodsky was the poet, almost a code-word in the discourse of the intelligentsia, like Nabokov.
Read MoreIn these poems, contemplation, serenity, and service are the order of the day.
Read MoreThe overall effect is one of a genial, superficial club lecture on reading and writing poetry, punctuated by Frost’s Greatest Hits.
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