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American poetry

Impetus and invention

by Hayden Carruth,

Poetic tradition and the individual talent

by Hayden Carruth,

by Calvin Trillin,

The author resists joining a club that would accept him as a member

by Hayden Carruth,

by Paul Auster,

A voice of importance

by Irving Howe,

A partial disagreement

by Kenneth Rexroth,

by William Jay Smith,

From last August to this

by Harper’s Staff,

by Stanley Kunitz,