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A review by vanjr
Ambition and Survival: Becoming a Poet by Christian Wiman
3.0
I read this book for two reasons. First the author is related to my wife and I have heard about him at family reunions. Secondly I am about as ignorant of poetry as anyone, despite significant education.
I understood very little of the middle of the book, but gathered some knowledge of this eclectic writer from the beginning and the end. I did learn a tiny bit about poetry and less about Modernism in poetry. The book also was a nice expansion of my vocabulary-having a copy of Oxford English Dictionary on my table was a real plus.
I understood very little of the middle of the book, but gathered some knowledge of this eclectic writer from the beginning and the end. I did learn a tiny bit about poetry and less about Modernism in poetry. The book also was a nice expansion of my vocabulary-having a copy of Oxford English Dictionary on my table was a real plus.