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Can Poetry Matter?: Essays on Poetry and American Culture (Paperback)

by Dana Gioia (Author)
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Editorial Reviews
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"No one, I think, has written with greater clarity or greater poignancy-or with a greater sense of urgency, either-about the 'subculture' in which the art of poetry is still confined...." --Hilton Kramer, The New Criterion"Can Poetry Matter? is an important book, and anyone who professes to care about the state of American poetry will have to take it into account." --World Literature Today"If you're an educated general reader, and you read only one book about contemporary poetry, this should be that book." --Booklist


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"No one, I think, has written with greater clarity or greater poignancy-or with a greater sense of urgency, either-about the 'subculture' in which the art of poetry is still confined¿." --Hilton Kramer, The New Criterion

"Can Poetry Matter? is an important book, and anyone who professes to care about the state of American poetry will have to take it into account." --World Literature Today

"If you're an educated general reader, and you read only one book about contemporary poetry, this should be that book." --Booklist


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Product Details
  • Paperback: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Graywolf Press; 10 Anv edition (September 1, 2002)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1555973701
  • ISBN-13: 978-1555973704
  • Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.1 x 0.7 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 13.3 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
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