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When Poetry Was the Rage

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"That was a benefit shooting." So said a shaken Kenneth Koch to a
stunned audience seconds after a tall, scraggly man fired a pistol at
him on January 10, 1968.

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John Palattella
John Palattella is literary editor of The Nation. His essays and reviews have appeared in numerous publications,...

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