http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2008/06/paradise-is-artificial/ A blog from the Poetry Foundation where contemporary poets debate classic and contemporary poetry from America and around the world. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:12:11 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2008/06/paradise-is-artificial/#comment-3733 Alan Gilbert Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:40:39 +0000 http://pf/harriet/?p=875#comment-3733 Michael—No history of 20th-century poetry will be complete without an extended entry on hip-hop. Michael—No history of 20th-century poetry will be complete without an extended entry on hip-hop.

]]> http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2008/06/paradise-is-artificial/#comment-3732 Michael Robbins Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:36:01 +0000 http://pf/harriet/?p=875#comment-3732 Thank you, Alan, for introducing two of my favorite words to Harriet in this entry & via yr Voice article: Jay-Z & Lil Wayne - who on <i>Tha Carter III</i> is kind enough to deliver my favorite line of the year, by any poet: "My picture should be in the dictionary / next to the definition of 'definition.'" I love Frederick Seidel as much as the next heteronormative white guy, but I don't think even he could come up with this. Thank you, Alan, for introducing two of my favorite words to Harriet in this entry & via yr Voice article: Jay-Z & Lil Wayne – who on Tha Carter III is kind enough to deliver my favorite line of the year, by any poet: “My picture should be in the dictionary / next to the definition of ‘definition.’”
I love Frederick Seidel as much as the next heteronormative white guy, but I don’t think even he could come up with this.

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