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June 30, 2016

So Much Bastard Beauty

June 30, 2016/ David Nilsen

A lovely rural landscape is seen throught urban-trained eyes in Ada Limon's poetry collection Bright Dead Things. David Nilson reviews.

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June 30, 2016/ David Nilsen/
Literary Criticism, Poetry
July 2016, literary criticism, Poetry, Poetry Review
June 30, 2016

Creature Report

June 30, 2016/ Todd Colby & Joanna Penn Cooper

a poem

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June 30, 2016/ Todd Colby & Joanna Penn Cooper/
Poetry
July 2016, Poetry
May 31, 2016

Kindling the Mob

May 31, 2016/ Laura Tanenbaum

A new biography tells the fascinating story of anarchist poet Lola Ridge, long overlooked by a critical culture that considered politics antithetical to literature. Laura Tanenbaum reviews.

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May 31, 2016/ Laura Tanenbaum/
Poetry, Arts & Life, Politics & History
Book Review, June 2016, Laura Tanenbaum, Poetry
May 31, 2016

Stashed under a Bush

May 31, 2016/ Linda Russo

a poem

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May 31, 2016/ Linda Russo/
Poetry
June 2016, Poetry
May 31, 2016

Paradise

May 31, 2016/ Robert Fernandez

a poem

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May 31, 2016/ Robert Fernandez/
Poetry
June 2016, Poetry
April 30, 2016

Second Glance: The Secret of Prometheus

April 30, 2016/ Robert Minto

The oldest texts can seem familiar, but they repay attention with strangeness. Robert Minto delves into the religious origins and unresolved mysteries of Prometheus Bound.

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April 30, 2016/ Robert Minto/
Poetry
Goethe, May 2016, Poetry, Voltaire
April 30, 2016

from To Duration

April 30, 2016/ Peter Handke

a poem, translated by Scott Abbott

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April 30, 2016/ Peter Handke/
Poetry
May 2016, peter handke, Poetry, Scott Abbott
April 30, 2016

EXISTENTIAL REPTILE REVERIE

April 30, 2016/ Abigail Beckel

a poem

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April 30, 2016/ Abigail Beckel/
Poetry
May 2016, Poetry
April 19, 2016

Book Review: Waiting for the Past

April 19, 2016/ Steve Donoghue

The latest volume from deceptively erudite Australian poet Les Murray

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April 19, 2016/ Steve Donoghue/
Poetry
April 2016, Poetry
April 17, 2016

Book Review: Selected Poems of Edna St. Vincent Millay

April 17, 2016/ Steve Donoghue

America's Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Edna St. Vincent Millay gets an elegant new Selected Poems volume

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April 17, 2016/ Steve Donoghue/
Poetry
April 2016, Edna St- Vincent Millay, Poetry
March 31, 2016

April and my Plastic Sunflowers

March 31, 2016/ Sonnet Mondal

a poem

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March 31, 2016/ Sonnet Mondal/
Poetry
April 2016, Poetry
March 31, 2016

Interior, with Music

March 31, 2016/ Liza Katz

The tension between the material and the abstract creates the complex music that threads through Ben Mazer's new volume of poetry, The Glass Piano.

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March 31, 2016/ Liza Katz/
Literary Criticism, Poetry
April 2016, Ben Mazer, literary criticism, Poetry, Poetry Review
March 07, 2016

Book Review: The Swimmer

March 07, 2016/ Steve Donoghue

A preoccupation with endings characterizes the tenth collection from poet John Koethe

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March 07, 2016/ Steve Donoghue/
Poetry
March 2016, Poetry
February 29, 2016

Number Fifteen

February 29, 2016/ CarlaJean Valluzzi

a poem

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February 29, 2016/ CarlaJean Valluzzi/
Poetry
March 2016, Poetry
February 29, 2016

Index of First Lines

February 29, 2016/ Thomas Brendler

a poem

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February 29, 2016/ Thomas Brendler/
Poetry
March 2016, Poetry
January 31, 2016

Divinity through the Ages

January 31, 2016/ Michelle Vider

a poem

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January 31, 2016/ Michelle Vider/
Poetry
February 2016, Poetry
January 31, 2016

Poetry: February

January 31, 2016/ Michalle Gould

a poem

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January 31, 2016/ Michalle Gould/
Poetry
February 2016, Poetry
December 31, 2015

A CANDLE IN WALMART

December 31, 2015/ Anthony Robinson

a poem

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December 31, 2015/ Anthony Robinson/
Poetry
January 2016, Poetry
December 31, 2015

Watching the Waves Roll In

December 31, 2015/ Frank Freeman

Robert Lax was always moving, both poetically and geographically. A new biography tells the story of his uncommon life.

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December 31, 2015/ Frank Freeman/
Literary Criticism, Poetry, Arts & Life
Book Review, January 2016, literary criticism, Poetry
December 31, 2015

The Angel of Death Talks to the Fading Marianna

December 31, 2015/ Kristine Ong Muslim

a poem

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December 31, 2015/ Kristine Ong Muslim/
Poetry
January 2016, Poetry
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