[New-Poetry] Dick Barnes

[Rsgwynn1 at cs.com]

In a message dated 12/13/2006 11:19:31 AM Central Standard Time, 
GrahamD at ripon.edu writes: 
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> Speaking of unknown poets, last summer I discovered the work of Dick Barnes, 
> whose selected poems were published posthumously in 2005.  Like Frederick 
> Seidel's, his was a name I guess I was vaguely aware of, but I couldn't have 
> named a book or poem by him.  He's still not exactly easy to find--not 
> published by FSG, for one thing.
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> His selected poems was edited by Robert Mezey, whose introduction to the 
> work is very compelling.  I'm sure that the blurb on the jacket from David Ferry 
> ("one of the best poets we've had in America") will convince as few readers 
> as Adam Kirsch's praise of Seidel seems to, but Barnes is really worth 
> checking out.
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He and Mezey co-translated Borges's poetry, but the poet's estate would not 
allow the huge book to be published.  It's pretty impressive work, restoring 
Borges's formal practices.
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