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Louise Glück Wins the Nobel Prize
I’ve always loved Louise Glück’s poetry, which has always presented an almost Rilkean i Read More
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The Work of the Poet
From a fine remembrance of Derek Walcott by Bert Almon:
He repeatedly said that forms actually free Read More -
Adios, Tomas Tranströmer
We knew he had suffered a stroke in 1990. We knew he was in poor health. Read More
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Derek Walcott on the Poet’s Voice … and Much More
From a Bill Moyers interview with Derek Walcott:
It takes you all your life to write the way you spe Read More -
Sea Poems of Juan Ramón Jiménez
The great Juan Ramón Jiménez often drew inspiration from the sea, and a great many of his sea poe Read More
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Adios, Wisława Szymborska
“Poland’s 1996 Nobel Prize-winning poet Wisława Szymborska, whose simple words and play Read More
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Tranströmer Wins the Nobel
My Introduction to Tranströmer: fromRobert Bly’s Seventies Press,translated by Bly, 197 Read More
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Szymborska’s “The Joy of Writing”
Wisława SzymborskaPhoto: Adam Golec©Agenca Gazeta
THE JOY OF WRITINGby Wisława Szymborsk Read More
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Another Year on the List
The great Syrian poet Adonis appeared on my own Nobel list three years go, and now that th Read More
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Reading Into and the Avant-Garde
Jacket Magazine has published a peculiarly passive-aggressive 4,000-plus word response by Jeffrey S Read More