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THIS WEEK'S HIGHLIGHTS |
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Spotlight Poet
Claude McKay
Born in Jamaica, West Indies, in 1889, Claude McKay influenced the writers of the Harlem Renaissance and gained the deep respect of younger black poets, including his friend Langston Hughes.
Spotlight Poem
Poetry Is a Destructive Force
by Wallace Stevens
That's what misery is, / Nothing to have at heart. / It is to have or nothing...
Spotlight Audio
Purgatory
by Maxine Kumin
Spotlight Essay
Yvor Winters vs. Hart Crane
by Timothy Donnelly
In his review of The Bridge, Winters reported that "the flaws in Mr. Crane's genius are, I believe, so great as to partake, if they persist, almost of the nature of public catastrophe." |
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FEATURED BOOK |
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Selected Poems, 1945-2005
University of California Press
by Robert Creeley
edited by Benjamin Friedlander
This selection lovingly studies the career of one of America's most influential and versatile poets, exploring sixty years of language, experimentation, and music. Creeley's poetry exudes a rich emotionality that constantly seeks to better express the uncertainties and pleasures of being human.
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