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Poets on Poetry
26. 
An eclectic array of essays, reviews, and memoir by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Charles Simic
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26.
An eclectic array of essays, reviews, and memoir by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Charles Simic
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27. 
Fifty years of writing on literature, film, and art by one of the most influential poets and critics of our time
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| Paper | 2005 | $23.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Selected Prose" to Cart |
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27.
Fifty years of writing on literature, film, and art by one of the most influential poets and critics of our time
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28. 
Meditations on the Writing Life
A gathering of poems, articles, aphorisms, writing exercises, and interviews from this prolific and venerable author
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28.
Meditations on the Writing Life
A gathering of poems, articles, aphorisms, writing exercises, and interviews from this prolific and venerable author
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29. 
with Trial of a Poet
Now back in print, two brilliant verse-essays on poets and poetry by an American master
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29.
with Trial of a Poet
Now back in print, two brilliant verse-essays on poets and poetry by an American master
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| Paper | 2003 | $19.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Essay on Rime" to Cart |
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30. 
Essays, Conversations, and Interviews
An engaging and intimate collection by an American original
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30.
Essays, Conversations, and Interviews
An engaging and intimate collection by an American original
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31. 
American Poetry at Large
Reflections on the state of poetry and criticism by a master of both genres
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| Hardcover | 2002 | $84.95 | Available | Add Hardcover for "A Boundless Field" to Cart |
32. 
Essays on Poetry
How a poem tells a story, and the importance of narrative as core of a poem's body and key to its soul
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32.
Essays on Poetry
How a poem tells a story, and the importance of narrative as core of a poem's body and key to its soul
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| Paper | 2002 | $19.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Body and Soul" to Cart |
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33. 
A posthumous collection of essays, reviews, and interviews by Larry Levis
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33.
A posthumous collection of essays, reviews, and interviews by Larry Levis
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34. 
Writing on Poetry and Poets
A lively and diverse collection of prose by an esteemed poet-teacher
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34.
Writing on Poetry and Poets
A lively and diverse collection of prose by an esteemed poet-teacher
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| Paper | 2000 | $19.95 | Available | Add Paper for "The Straight Line" to Cart |
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35. 
A varied and generous sampling of more than a decade's worth of prose by an important poet
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| Paper | 2000 | $19.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Merrill, Cavafy, Poems, and Dreams" to Cart |
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35.
A varied and generous sampling of more than a decade's worth of prose by an important poet
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| Paper | 2000 | $19.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Merrill, Cavafy, Poems, and Dreams" to Cart |
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36. 
Essays, Interviews, and Commentaries
Gathers essays, interviews, poems, and performance texts by one of America's most significant contemporary poets
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| Paper | 2000 | $26.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Blue Notes" to Cart |
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36.
Essays, Interviews, and Commentaries
Gathers essays, interviews, poems, and performance texts by one of America's most significant contemporary poets
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| Paper | 2000 | $26.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Blue Notes" to Cart |
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37. 
Essays on Poetry, Politics, and the Erotic
Essays that explore the meaning of politics, love, and spiritual life in American poetry from Whitman to the present
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37.
Essays on Poetry, Politics, and the Erotic
Essays that explore the meaning of politics, love, and spiritual life in American poetry from Whitman to the present
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38. 
Essays
Essays by a prize-winning poet that explore the intersection of poetry and philosophy
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| Paper | 2000 | $21.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Poetry at One Remove" to Cart |
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38.
Essays
Essays by a prize-winning poet that explore the intersection of poetry and philosophy
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39. 
Collects prose that crosses geographic, historical, and linguistic borders, engaging literature as an international activity
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| Paper | 1999 | $21.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Responsive Reading" to Cart |
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39.
Collects prose that crosses geographic, historical, and linguistic borders, engaging literature as an international activity
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| Paper | 1999 | $21.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Responsive Reading" to Cart |
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40. 
Interviews, essays, short stories, memoirs--and a recipe by this contemporary poet
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40.
Interviews, essays, short stories, memoirs--and a recipe by this contemporary poet
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41. 
Engaging essays that explore poetry's relationship to life and to other forms of literature
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| Paper | 1999 | $21.95 | Available | Add Paper for "The Poetry of Everyday Life" to Cart |
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41.
Engaging essays that explore poetry's relationship to life and to other forms of literature
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| Paper | 1999 | $21.95 | Available | Add Paper for "The Poetry of Everyday Life" to Cart |
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42. 
Reviewing Poetry, 1984-95
Reviews the most innovative poetry of recent years and the more traditional forms that preceded it
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| Paper | 1999 | $18.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Bardic Deadlines" to Cart |
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42.
Reviewing Poetry, 1984-95
Reviews the most innovative poetry of recent years and the more traditional forms that preceded it
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| Paper | 1999 | $18.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Bardic Deadlines" to Cart |
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43. 
Selected Essays
Essays and interviews by a prominent Anglo-American poet, critic, and scholar
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| Paper | 1998 | $19.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Between the Iceberg and the Ship" to Cart |
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43.
Selected Essays
Essays and interviews by a prominent Anglo-American poet, critic, and scholar
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| Paper | 1998 | $19.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Between the Iceberg and the Ship" to Cart |
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44. 
Early reviews by the author known as "the most dangerous poetry critic not dead"
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44.
Early reviews by the author known as "the most dangerous poetry critic not dead"
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| Paper | 1998 | $21.95 | Available | Add Paper for "All the Rage" to Cart |
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45. 
Recovers poet May Swenson's fiction, criticism, and drama--and her correspondence with Elizabeth Bishop
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| Hardcover | 1998 | $45.00 | Out of Stock | Add Hardcover for "Made with Words" to Cart |
46. 
Lessons in the Bitter Logic of the Poetic Principle
A distinguished poet and scholar upends the notion that poetry can save the world.
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| Paper | 1997 | $15.95 | Available | Add Paper for "The Long Schoolroom" to Cart |
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46.
Lessons in the Bitter Logic of the Poetic Principle
A distinguished poet and scholar upends the notion that poetry can save the world.
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| Paper | 1997 | $15.95 | Available | Add Paper for "The Long Schoolroom" to Cart |
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47. 
Improvisations and Interviews
Uncommon prose reflections on the craft of poetry
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| Paper | 1996 | $21.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Quarter Notes" to Cart |
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47.
Improvisations and Interviews
Uncommon prose reflections on the craft of poetry
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paper | 1996 | $21.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Quarter Notes" to Cart |
| Hardcover | 1996 | $74.95 | Available | Add Hardcover for "Quarter Notes" to Cart |
48. 
Essays, Reviews, Notes, Interviews
A spirited defense of the vitality of contemporary poetry.
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| Paper | 1995 | $21.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Death to the Death of Poetry" to Cart |
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48.
Essays, Reviews, Notes, Interviews
A spirited defense of the vitality of contemporary poetry.
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48.
Essays, Reviews, Notes, Interviews
A spirited defense of the vitality of contemporary poetry.
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| Paper | 1995 | $21.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Death to the Death of Poetry" to Cart |
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49. 
Essays and Notes on Poetry
A revealing collection of Louis Simpson's autobiographical reflections and critical essays
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49.
Essays and Notes on Poetry
A revealing collection of Louis Simpson's autobiographical reflections and critical essays
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| Paper | 1995 | $21.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Ships Going into the Blue" to Cart |
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50. 
Musings and revelations about poetry, jazz, and the rocky course of one poet's life
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| Hardcover | 1993 | $79.95 | Available | Add Hardcover for "Suicides and Jazzers" to Cart |
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