contents

Introduction       Paul M. Hedeen and D. G. Myers

 

                                                      part I       the art of poetry

Entrances and Exits       Elton Glaser

Against Sincerity       Louise Glück

Poetry and Practical Deliberation      Emily Grosholz

Poetry as a Vessel of Remembrance       Jane Hirshfield

Alcaics In Exile: W. H. Auden's "In Memory of Sigmund Freud"       Rosanna Warren

 

                                                      part II       poets

Either I'm Nobody, or I'm  a Nation       Rita Dove

Lowell's Graveyard       Robert Hass

Ironic Elegies: The Poetry of Donald Justice       Mark Jarman

How Good Is John Ashbery?       Robert McDowell

Derek Walcott: Poet of the New World       David Mason

 

                                                      part III       poetry and the world

The Poet's Calling       Mary Kinzie

Word by Word, Page by Page       Rachel Hadas

Talk Show: The Rise of the Literary Interview       Bruce Bawer

Can Poetry Matter?      Dana Gioia

Poetry in American Life       Robert Pinsky

Index