Makings of the Sun
Michael ThurstonAppreciative essays on (fairly) recent poetry (since 2000, roughly). Think wine tasting: there will be some background on the makers, and then some "tasting notes" to give a sense of what the stuff is like, why I like it, why you might too.
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