The Hatred of Poetry by Ben Lerner

The Hatred of Poetry

Ben Lerner

86 pages first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction art essays challenging reflective slow-paced
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No art has been denounced as often as poetry. It's even bemoaned by poets: "I, too, dislike it," wrote Marianne Moore. "Many more people agree they hate poetry," Ben Lerner writes, "than can agree what poetry is. I, too, dislike it and have largel...

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