An Essential American Poet

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Fanny Howe talks to us about the range of Jean Valentine's poems.

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“Cover the Lettuce”
A very close reading of one sexy CD Wright poem.
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The Power of Barbie
How David Trinidad's collection of vintage dolls plays into his poetry.
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Honor Thy Father's Day
Robert Hayden and Terrance Hayes take the Hallmark out of the holiday.
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Out of the Poetic Bubble
How Mark Nowak's documentary poetics re-humanizes the Sago Mine Disaster.
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Everything Plus the Kitchen Sink
Robert Polito on Kenneth Fearing's media-saturated poetry as vernacular collage.
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Light in the Service of Loneliness
Fanny Howe, winner of the 2009 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, reads from her work.
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Bees and Monstrous Babies
Eleanor Wilner on species pity and political power run amok.
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Stop Making Sense
Christian Bök performs the Dada sound-poetry behind the Talking Heads.
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An Essential American Poet
Fanny Howe talks to us about the range of Jean Valentine's poems.
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What If It Doesn't Make Sense?
Matthew Zapruder parses a John Ashbery poem.