American Poetry
Louis Simpson, “American Poetry” from The Owner of the House: New Collected Poems, 1940-2001. Copyright © 2003 by Louis Simpson. Reprinted by permission of BOA Editions, Ltd. .
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Poet Louis Simpson 1923–2012
POET’S REGION U.S., New England
Subjects Arts & Sciences, Poetry & Poets
Biography
Poet, editor, translator, and critic Louis Simpson was born in 1923, in Jamaica, to Scottish and Russian parents. A contemporary of Confessional poets like Robert Lowell, John Berryman, and Sylvia Plath, Simpson’s early work followed a familiar arc. In the New York Times Book Review, critic David Orr noted its highlights: “Simpson has followed a path lined with signposts sunk so deep in our nation's poetic terra firma that . . .
Poems by Louis Simpson
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SUBJECT Arts & Sciences, Poetry & Poets
POET’S REGION U.S., New England
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