Category Archives: Terrance Hayes

PBS’s “Poetry in America” Focuses on Frank O’Hara’s Poem “Steps”

Each installment of the PBS series “Poetry in America,” hosted by scholar Elisa New, gathers a group — typically made up of writers, artists, musicians, politicians, actors, and other public figures — to read and discuss a poem in detail. … Continue reading

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Stephanie Burt’s “The Poem Is You” and John Ashbery’s Invitation to the Reader

                  Stephanie Burt’s expansive new book, The Poem is You: Sixty Contemporary American Poems and How to Read Them, is both a well-chosen anthology of American poems published since 1980 and a generous … Continue reading

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