[New-Poetry] Changing of the guard

[Halvard Johnson]

Merwin and Dunn new to the New Yorker? I don't
think so.

Hal

"If Gladstone fell into the Thames, that would
  be a misfortune, and if someone pulled him
  out, that, I suppose, would be a calamity."
		--Benjamin Disraeli

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On Mar 3, 2008, at 12:48 PM, TheOldMole wrote:

> Anyone have any thoughts on Paul Muldoon at the New Yorker? He's  
> going for the tried and true -- a couple of poems by Merwin in the  
> last issue I read, looks like Merwin and Stephen Dunn in the current  
> issue. For myself, I have no problem with this. It's better poetry  
> than we're used to seeing in the New Yorker, and these guys have  
> earned their place at the top of the food chain. The New Yorker is a  
> general audience magazine, after all.
>
> David Graham wrote:
>> Mary Karr takes over the Poet's Choice column at The Washington Post.
>> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/28/AR2008022803507.html
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