Joanna
andie nachgeborenen wrote:
>Do you know Thomas McGrath? Maybe the second or third
>best commie poet in English, counting Blake and
>Shelley as commies. His Letters To An Imaginary Friend
>is a long series of meditations on radicalism in
>America, but it is not preachy or didactic. He also
>wrote a wonderful novel, Coffin With No Handles, about
>labor organizing on the waterfront.
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>--- "C. G. Estabrook" <galliher at alexia.lis.uiuc.edu>
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>>The new Philip Larkin, Collected Poems, ed. Anthony
>>Thwaite. (There's a
>>more complete version of this from 20 years ago, but
>>this one presents the
>>poems as Larkin did.) --CGE
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>>On Thu, 20 Jan 2005, joanna bujes wrote:
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>>>The various fragments of Cavafy that have been
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>>posted remind me that
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>>>there are poets I know but don't know.
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>>>It's that time in my life when I need to read
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>>poetry.
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>>>I would welcome suggestions from LBOsters. I have
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>>a Ph.D. in English
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>>>and have been force-marched through the canon. I
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>>wrote my thesis on
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>>>John Donne. So, forget the obvious suspects.
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>>>So, really, I'm looking for something more
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>>contemporary or foreign.
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>>>A poet's name or a particular collection....
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>>>Thanks,
>>>
>>>Joanna
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>>>
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