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Book Review: The Cloud Corporation by Timothy Donnelly
A spiffy volume of delightful poems.
Read More »Book Review: The Art of the Sonnet by Stephen Burt and David Mikics
A collection - culled from the Renaissance to contemporary times - of one hundred sonnets, along with their meanings.
Read More »Book Review: On Whitman by C. K. Williams
Prize-winning poet explains Walt Whitman to the general reader
Read More »Book Review: The Anthologist by Nicholson Baker
Critical favorite, The Anthologist, out in paperback.
Read More »Book Review: Body Parts: A Collection of Poems About Aging by Janet Cameron Hoult
Aging isn't only about loss, there is gain as well: hair in the nose and ears, pain in the joints, wrinkles in the flesh.
Read More »DVD Review: Six Centuries of Verse
If we're really serious about the arts being for more than just a few, we need to find a way of overcoming the elitist stereotype associated with them.
Read More »Interview: Poet Matthew Lippman, Author of The New Year of Yellow
Boston dad reveals his secrets of literary success
Read More »The Best Reads of 2009
Just because you're expanding your mind doesn't mean you can't have fun doing it.
Read More »Book Review: War Dances by Sherman Alexie
That's the ultimate magic trick behind a short story and Sherman Alexie is a conjurer without equal.
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