Afterglow is written in part from the perspective of the poet’s pit bull, Rosie.
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The Poet with a Razor in His Vest: Amiri Baraka’s Selected Poems
When a publication of a large selection of poems by Amiri Baraka, who died this past year, was announced, I immediately determined to review it.
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Dread States: Samuel Beckett’s Poems
Confronting the new volume of The Collected Poems of Samuel Beckett of nearly 500 pages in length, one might be tempted to proclaim — as many have of Beckett’s mentor, James Joyce — that his best poetry appeared in his fiction and, in Beckett’s case alone, in his dramatic works.