Prosaic Judgments Prosaic Judgments
Adam Kirsch prefers his own ideas about poetry to actual poems.
Jun 29, 2005 / Books & the Arts / John Palattella
Discovery/The Nation ’05 Prizewinners Discovery/The Nation ’05 Prizewinners
Winners of the 2005 Discovery/The Nation Poetry Prize
May 12, 2005 / Books & the Arts / The Nation
Patrimony Patrimony
Kevin Young updates the Harlem Renaissance for the hip-hop generation.
Apr 21, 2005 / Books & the Arts / John Palattella
Tangled Up in Bob Tangled Up in Bob
In or around 1965, human nature changed.
Apr 7, 2005 / Books & the Arts / David Yaffe
Versed in Adventure Versed in Adventure
Few modern poets served so long an apprenticeship as Basil Bunting, none had so adventurous a life and few poets' lives have produced such lasting rewards.
Dec 16, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Stephen Burt
An Arab Surrealist An Arab Surrealist
The Springs of Adonis (now also known as the River Ibrahim) run through the Byblos region of Lebanon down through steep gorges to the Mediterranean.
Dec 16, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Robert Irwin
The Illusion of Inclusion The Illusion of Inclusion
In 1958 John Ashbery sailed for Paris to gather materials for a thesis he intended to write about Raymond Roussel, who at the time was an all-but-forgotten French poet, playwrigh...
Dec 9, 2004 / Books & the Arts / John Palattella
2004 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize 2004 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize
The tasks of poetry have never been more important or more difficult than they are now.
Nov 11, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Brenda Hillman
Difficult Loves Difficult Loves
It wasn't until 1996, when President Bill Clinton declared April to be National Poetry Month, that the eminent translator and poet Richard Howard truly grasped the significance o...
Sep 16, 2004 / Books & the Arts / John Palattella