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Marvelous Criticism II

Posted on 8/30/2009 by chris

From a mailing list I belong to: “Marjorie Perloff thinks that so much depends upon the red wheelbarrow because agriculture is important.”

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Marvelous Criticism

Posted on 8/30/2009 by chris

I refuse to admit how and why I came to be in the “Letters” section of a television review of a show I’ve never seen (or plan to see), but this bit made it all worthwhile: …the theme song. Good … Continue reading →

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Bill Knott on Robert Hass

Posted on 7/5/2009 by chris

I recently ‘fessed up to a friend that I sometimes enjoy William Logan’s vicious reviews. I don’t necessarily agree with the substance of Logan’s criticism—in fact I agree with most of the well-publicized pans—but I admire his verbal facility, his … Continue reading →

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Dickman, Schiavo, and Bad Reviews

Posted on 3/9/2009 by chris

A post on a mailing list brought my attention to Michael Schiavo’s body-slamming take down of Matthew Dickman’s recent volume of poetry All-American Poem. I don’t have any real problem with negative reviews, though I do find them generally less-than-productive … Continue reading →

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Orgasmic Angina

Posted on 9/5/2008 by chris

Via an entertaining article on writing about poetry and the admitted awesomeness of Keats comes this breathless and little-deathless blurb: “Only rarely do lay readers experience poems as a cross between an orgasm and a heart attack.” —David Orr, the … Continue reading →

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Robert Philen’s Favorite Books and Films – 2007

Posted on 2/9/2008 by chris

Thanks to a reference by Reginald Shepherd I discovered Robert Philen’s blog. Why is his name so familiar to me? Anyway, a lot of fun reading to be had there (before I go on, a nod toward his entertaining and … Continue reading →

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