Talking With W.S. Merwin

April 27, 2011 | This article appeared in the May 16, 2011 edition of The Nation.

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The Poet Laureate Consultant to the Library of Congress talks about spontaneous demonstrations, his hope for poetry, and why he doesn't read criticism anymore.

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