Champion of Poetry from "the Edge of Disintegration" Dies
"A. Alvarez, a British poet, critic and essayist who played a pivotal role in bringing the poetry of Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath to the public, and whose acclaimed book on the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas helped transform high-stakes professional poker from a cult to a televised sport, died on Monday at his home in London."
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What Sparks Poetry:
Vivek Narayanan on a Poem’s Re-Entering History
"[O]nce a poem is out in the world, there’s no way to predict the different uses, appropriations, misappropriations, readings and anti-readings to which it might be put, nor the places and times where it might emerge, uncanny, as if with fresh meaning. Bei Dao’s 'The Reply' ('Huídá,' sometimes also translated as 'Answer') is one such poem, with an intense career all its own.” |
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