Call Me Ishmael
 You will seek the White Whale as Ahab did.: In brief, "Call Me Ishmael" is the most interesting piece of literary criticism I've ever read. Foreshadowing his future leanings as a poet, Olson writes "Ishmael" more like a prose poem [... more]
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Paterson Complete
Just Read It.: I had forgotten until I finished reading this poem this morning (on a train rolling through Newark, New Jersey) just how great an achievement this is. If you haven't read it. Do it now. If you only read it when you were young, then read it [... more]
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Poems
blow to the head: Shocking that only two reviews up for this. I suppose as most of the work from `Brass`(1971) onwards is gunning for bogus aesthetes, it is hardly pleasant to find it`s you, you media-produced swathe of complacent compliance. This kind [... more]
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Post Modern Pilgrims: A 1st-Century Passion in the 21st ...
nope!!!: If people do not see the evil deceiving nature of this they are blind. The further we get from the first church, the worse it gets. Well written and consise...: I had quite a lengthy debate about the book with a fellow seminary student, and I [... more]
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The Collected Poems of Frank O'Hara
the virtues of shallowness: An earlier reviewer describes O'Hara's poetry as shallow and vacuous. Shallow, maybe. But not vacuous. O'Hara's interested in the minutiae of daily life - buying a pack of Gauloises on the way to friends for dinner, seeing a [... more]
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The Colossus of New York
Over-hyped and negative: This book was in the front of every book store this Christmas, with a lot of praise saying that it "captured the soul of New York". In my opinion, it only captures the cliche of New York. Whitehead does not hesitate to [... more]
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Postmodern American Poetry
one of the must-have anthologies: For anyone interested in postmodern poetry or for those who want to learn what postmodern poetry is, this is the anthology to have. It's loaded with some of the best poets: the gifted Robert Duncan, Ferlinghettis (one of [... more]
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Paterson
Just Read It.: I had forgotten until I finished reading this poem this morning (on a train rolling through Newark, New Jersey) just how great an achievement this is. If you haven't read it. Do it now. If you only read it when you were young, then read it [... more]
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Magic Mushrooms And Other Highs
A Stratospheric Delight!: The essays within this wavy tome range from the literally high echelon articulations of the late Terence McKenna to the average Joe Tripster unused to having his brain massively dilated from a dose of mushrooms but somehow able [... more]
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Beat Writers at Work
Totally Worth It!!: The Paris Reviw interviews of the beats are famouse for their openness about the writers craft, and the insight into their work and lives. If you want to truly understand the beats, this is the place to go! Totally worth it! Required [... more]
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Paterson
Just Read It.: I had forgotten until I finished reading this poem this morning (on a train rolling through Newark, New Jersey) just how great an achievement this is. If you haven't read it. Do it now. If you only read it when you were young, then read it [... more]
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