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Joyce Carol Oates Reads John Updike

The New Yorker: Poetry

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Exploration of a Poem Depicting Husbands in Hammocks and Political Associations

Peter Robinson's poem featuring husbands lying in hammocks is analyzed for its playful exploration of the dual meaning of 'lie' and its symbolic imagery of connections to leftist movements.

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