Stephanie Burt Books
Randall Jarrell and his age
By Stephen Burt
"Randall Jarrell (1914-1965) was the most influential poetry critic of his generation. He was also a lyric poet, comic novelist, translator, children's book author, and close friend of Elizabeth Bi...
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The poem is you
By Stephen Burt
Contemporary American poetry has plenty to offer new readers, and plenty more for those who already follow it. Yet its difficulty--and sheer variety--leaves many readers puzzled or overwhelmed. The...
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Close calls with nonsense
By Stephen Burt
Essays and critical writings on contemporary poetry. Stephen Burt's Close Calls with Nonsense provokes readers into the elliptical worlds of Rae Armantrout, Paul Muldoon, C.D. Wright, and other con...
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