One of the Dangerous Trades: Essays on the Work and Workings of PoetryAn examination of the poet's place in society as seen by a poet who is also a publisher. |
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... Robert Hass 167 Lucia Maria Perillo : Dangerous Life 172 IV . SELF - APPRAISAL Poems Happen 177 Praying Wrong : An Interview 180 Self - Portrait : Sources , Impacts , Decisions 192 1 His bills of lading were rhymed no matter how he xviii.
... Robert Hass 167 Lucia Maria Perillo : Dangerous Life 172 IV . SELF - APPRAISAL Poems Happen 177 Praying Wrong : An Interview 180 Self - Portrait : Sources , Impacts , Decisions 192 1 His bills of lading were rhymed no matter how he xviii.
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... Robert Hass , who knows everything , once told me that poets were similarly supported in the Sung Dy- nasty , if I remember rightly , as appendages of the court . Everywhere we hear the old cry revived that poets are not noble enough ...
... Robert Hass , who knows everything , once told me that poets were similarly supported in the Sung Dy- nasty , if I remember rightly , as appendages of the court . Everywhere we hear the old cry revived that poets are not noble enough ...
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... Robert Hass , " Meditation at Lagunitas , " which begins : " All the new think- ing is about loss . In this // it resembles all the old thinking . " It's what we express in the primal birth cry : the first thing we know on earth is loss ...
... Robert Hass , " Meditation at Lagunitas , " which begins : " All the new think- ing is about loss . In this // it resembles all the old thinking . " It's what we express in the primal birth cry : the first thing we know on earth is loss ...
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The Great Predicament of Poetry | 11 |
The Refuge of the Present Tense | 17 |
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