More about the book in a few moments, but the people at the meeting were very nice. Some of them have been meeting for years, and the friendships and warmth among friends was very welcoming. The discussion was insightful and lively and fun. About 20 people in all. And we had champagne! One of the members, Sarah, passed her PhD oral exams this morning. Though it did seem that champagne was part of the routine. I like that.
David Gorin has a terrific, thoughtful review of the book here:
(David was at the meeting; he is a new PhD student at Yale.)I'm now reading the book thoroughly for the first time. It's amazingly good. More later.
The Working Group in Contemporary Poetry and Poetics meets every other Friday at 3.00 PM in room 116 at the Whitney Humanities Center at Yale University to discuss problems and issues of contemporary poetry within international alternative and /or avant-garde traditions of lyric poetry
