The Revell Variations

April 24, 2003 | This article appeared in the May 12, 2003 edition of The Nation.

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How much, in just twenty years, Donald Revell has changed! From the
Abandoned Cities (1983), his debut volume, included a villanelle, a
sestina, rhymed sonnets and meditative terza rima.

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