Difficult Praise:
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Our points of reference are Robert Pinsky's essay (April 23, 2007) in Slate: <http://www.slate.com/id/2164823/>; and Stephen Burt's essay in The Believer 2.5 (2004): <http://www.believermag.com/issues/200405/?read=article_burt>.
What's your view of/on 'difficulty'? Define Difficult.
What kind of statement does a "little anthology of poems about and exemplifying difficulty" really make, re: poetics and poetry? Difficult Chrestomathies.
See/hear Debora Petrina's "Dances" by Morton Feldman: Pinsky, Burt, and the Difficult Poetry Circus.
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Contributors:
Catherine Daly
Halvard Johnson
Ruth Lepson
Tom W. Lewis
Thomas Savage
Gabrielle Welford
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RECONFIGURATIONS: A Journal for Poetics & Poetry / Literature & Culture, Volume One, Contingency, Special Feature, "Difficult Praise: A Conversation After Robert Pinsky's 'In Praise of Difficult Poetry'"