Fear Less, Poetry in Perilous Times
Poetry in Perilous Times
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The book explores poetry as a means of navigating challenging times.
It combines close readings, personal reflections, and cultural criticism.
It draws upon personal experience, knowledge, and current events.
The essays model different places that poems turn us toward.
It seeks to address anxiety about poetry and make it more accessible.
It combines close readings, personal reflections, and cultural criticism.
It draws upon personal experience, knowledge, and current events.
The essays model different places that poems turn us toward.
It seeks to address anxiety about poetry and make it more accessible.
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's new book, a hybrid of close reading, memoir, cultural criticism, and curated anthology.

David First

Tracy K. Smith

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