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National Poetry Month: The Health Report by Travis Mossotti
Posted on March 8, 2012 | No CommentsAnd so another April begins. A month where the poetry community in America, fractured and bitter as it may be, feels compelled by nationalistic pride or obligation to reassess the... -
Review of Double Shadow by Carl Phillips
Posted on March 8, 2012 | No CommentsDouble Shadow, by Carl Phillips Farrar, Strauss & Giroux. $23.00 hardcover. Reviewed by James Crews The poet Carl Phillips must love the sea, standing “where the land ends no... -
Review of Horoscopes for the Dead by Billy Collins
Posted on March 8, 2012 | No CommentsHoroscopes for the Dead by Billy Collins Random House (2011) $24 (hardback) Reviewed by James Crews Billy Collins’ ninth collection of poetry pokes and prods the idea of mortality—the author’s... -
Review of The Captain Asks for a Show of Hands by Nick Flynn
Posted on March 8, 2012 | No CommentsThe Captain Asks for a Show of Hands by Nick Flynn Graywolf Press (2011) $22 Reviewed by James Crews One reads Nick Flynn’s newest book of poems—his first in almost... -
Review of Unseen Hand by Adam Zagajewski
Posted on March 8, 2012 | No CommentsUnseen Hand by Adam Zagajewski (translated by Clare Cavanagh) Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2011 $23.00 (hardback Reviewed by James Crews In his latest collection, Unseen Hand, Adam Zagajewski once...