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Czeslaw Milosz, 1946-1953: “Poet in the New World”

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“Poet of the New World” collects the poems written by Czeslaw Milosz from 1946 to 1950, reflecting the turmoil of violence and upheaval.

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What Remains: The Collected Poems of Hannah Arendt

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German poem Arendt

“What Remains: The Collected Poems of Hannah Arendt” gathers the 70 often moving poems philosopher Arendt wrote from 1923 to 1962.

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Poets and Poems: May Swenson and “Collected Poems”

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“Collected Poems” by May Swenson tells a story of a poet who helped shape, and was shaped by, poetry in 20th-century America.

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Discovering a Forgotten Poet: J.V. Cunningham

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Idaho J V Cunningham

Poet J.V. Cunningham defied the modernist fashion in poetry and published several collections of carefully crafted formalist poems.

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“Elizabeth Bishop: A Very Short Introduction” by Jonathan Post

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In “A Very Short Introduction,” Jonathan Post has written a concise and insightful summary of the life and poetry of Elizabeth Bishop.

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Remembering and Honoring a Father: Laurence Fuller and “Modern Art”

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“Modern Art,” a screenplay by Laurence Fuller, tells the story of his father, British art critic, writer, and author Peter Fuller.

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Poetry as a Way of Ordering Experience: “The Music of Time” by John Burnside

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Poetry can be a way to bring meaning and order to one’s life, writes John Burnside in “The Music of Time: Poetry in the Twentieth Century.”

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