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Of All the Poems in the World, Why Would You Pick This One?

December 30, 2008
Previously unpublished poems by Langston Hughes, a preview of Michael Hofmann's essay on Lowell and Bishop, and a phone call to readers in Texas who don't like the poems in this month's issue!
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