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13 Ways of Looking at the Pragmatist Ashbery, OR Getting Down to the Nitty-Gritty: Ashbery and the Central Doctrine of American Pragmatism

by Andrew Field Poetry and Poetics

13 Ways of Looking at the Pragmatist Ashbery, OR Getting Down to the Nitty-Gritty: Ashbery and the Central Doctrine of American Pragmatism

By Andrew Field

So what are some other major facets of Ashbery’s relationship to American pragmatism?

Nov
19
2012
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So what are some other major facets of Ashbery’s relationship to American pragmatism?

And I Chose—All: Mary Ruefle

by Colie Hoffman Poetry and Poetics

And I Chose—All: Mary Ruefle

By Colie Hoffman

Picasso wrote this well before Mary Ruefle started publishing books, but if his words could be an egg, Ruefle’s Selected Poems would hatch right out of it.

Aug
08
2011
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Picasso wrote this well before Mary Ruefle started publishing books, but if his words could be an egg, Ruefle’s Selected Poems would hatch right out of it.

Caleb’s Passing

by Brian Chappell Fiction

Caleb’s Passing

By Brian Chappell

The climax of the novel is so mawkish that its downright dismissal of the fraught implications of his “achievement” are extremely troubling.

Jun
20
2011
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The climax of the novel is so mawkish that its downright dismissal of the fraught implications of his “achievement” are extremely troubling.

Ur Poems: Brian Chappell

by Brian Chappell Fiction

Ur Poems: Brian Chappell

By Brian Chappell

Ashbery causes me to pause and reflect with awed humility that I could never do what he did in this poem.

Feb
11
2011
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Ashbery causes me to pause and reflect with awed humility that I could never do what he did in this poem.