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Second Adam
Whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.
—Genesis
Ben Belitt, “Second Adam” from The Enemy Joy (Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1964). Used by permission of the Estate of Ben Belitt.
Source: Poetry (January 1964).
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Biography
Poet, translator, and professor Ben Belitt was born in New York City in 1911. He earned degrees from the University of Virginia and taught for many years at Bennington College in Vermont. Sometimes described as one of the neglected masters of 20th century American poetry, Belitt taught and influenced poets such as Susan Wheeler, Reginald Shepherd, and Lynn Emanuel while at Bennington. Susan Wheeler has described Belitt’s . . .
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SUBJECT Nature, Religion, Living, Animals
POET’S REGION U.S., New England
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