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American poetry

How to peel a poem

by Cynthia Huntington, Heather McHugh, Paul Muldoon, Charles Simic,

Five poets dine out on verse

Nike’s poetry slam

by Harper’s Staff,

A rock, a river, a tree / a poetic controversy

by Norton F. Tennille,

Poetry’s decay

by August Kleinzahler,

Wet Verse at The New Yorker

by Charles Bernstein,

From “Water Images of The New Yorker,” by Charles Bernstein. Bernstein’s study was distributed to participants at a poetry seminar held in June at the Kootenay School of Writing in…

Death to the death of poetry

A response to the elegists

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by Harper’s Staff,

Poetize or bust

by Hugh Kenner,

Poetry isn't what it used to be, but then it never was

A time for giants

by Hayden Carruth,

The year in poetry

Poets on the fringe

by Hayden Carruth,

The breadth of sensibility

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by Harper’s Staff,

American poetry

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How to peel a poem

Nike’s poetry slam

A rock, a river, a tree / a poetic controversy

Poetry’s decay

Wet Verse at The New Yorker

Death to the death of poetry

Untitled

Poetize or bust

A time for giants

Poets on the fringe

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