The Line Forms Here

The Line Forms Here brings together a selection of the best critical writing of David Lehman, an exceptionally gifted poet and leading critic and commentator on contemporary literature. The subjects range from poetic form and formalism in contemporary poetry to the teaching of freshman English. Featured are selections from Lehman's book reviews in Newsweek, Parnassus, Newsday, and the Washington Post, and longer essays on a variety of individual poets. Also included is "Criticism in Crisis" a spirited critique of the state of contemporary academic criticism.