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On Poetry: Rare or Well-Done [15 Jul 2015|09:00am] http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640314/s/4822e9e3/sc/32/l/0L0Snytimes0N0C20A150C0A70C190Cbooks0Creview0Crare0Eor0Ewell0Edone0Bhtml0Dpartner0Frss0Gemc0Frss/story01.htm http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/19/books/review/rare-or-well-done.html Robert Lowell said in 1960, “Two poetries are now competing, a cooked and a raw,” and that formulation reverberates in discussions of poetry to this day. post comment

The Shortlist: Memoirs [15 Jul 2015|05:05pm] http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640314/s/48267ee5/sc/14/l/0L0Snytimes0N0C20A150C0A70C190Cbooks0Creview0Cmemoirs0Bhtml0Dpartner0Frss0Gemc0Frss/story01.htm http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/19/books/review/memoirs.html New books by Amy Butcher, Gail Godwin, Vincent Crapanzano and Dale Peck. post comment

Books of The Times: Review: Max Beerbohm, ‘The Prince of Minor Writers’ and a Gentle Contrarian [15 Jul 2015|08:54pm] http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640314/s/48277471/sc/7/l/0L0Snytimes0N0C20A150C0A70C160Cbooks0Creview0Emax0Ebeerbohm0Ethe0Eprince0Eof0Eminor0Ewriters0Eand0Ea0Egentle0Econtrarian0Bhtml0Dpartner0Frss0Gemc0Frss/story01.htm http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/16/books/review-max-beerbohm-the-prince-of-minor-writers-and-a-gentle-contrarian.html Phillip Lopate has assembled a new collection of essays by Beerbohm, who ranged from theater criticism to satire to social commentary. post comment

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