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The Peculiar Legacy of E.E. Cummings The Peculiar Legacy of E.E. Cummings
Revisiting his first book, The Enormous Room, a reader can get a sense of everything appealing and appalling in his work.
Jul 22, 2024 / Books & the Arts / David B. Hobbs
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John Keats’s Politics of Pain and Renewal John Keats’s Politics of Pain and Renewal
Anahid Nersessian offers a radical and unforgettable reading of the British writer’s odes—one that upends our sense of his poetic project.
Oct 21, 2021 / Books & the Arts / David B. Hobbs
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The New Worlds of Aimé Césaire The New Worlds of Aimé Césaire
The radical vision of the Martinique poet and politician.
Jul 3, 2018 / Books & the Arts / David B. Hobbs
![Between the News and a Prayer](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Hobbs_Danez-Smith.jpg)
Between the News and a Prayer Between the News and a Prayer
Danez Smith’s poetry bends language to hope for the possibility of a better world.
Nov 15, 2017 / David B. Hobbs
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The Poetics of Jazz The Poetics of Jazz
A new book presents an alternative aesthetic history of jazz—and is also a challenge to all music critics.
Jul 20, 2017 / David B. Hobbs