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August 1980

 
  • John Drury
  • Maurice English
  • Daniel Halpern
  • Mary Kinzie
  • Robert Long
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Translations from an Imaginary Poet

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In the Dust

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Copernicus, Darwin, Freud

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Table of Contents

  • Robert Beverley Ray
    • Translations from an Imaginary Poet
    • Pronunciamientos from the Guest House
    • Morning Music
    • The Logic of August
  • Alicia Ostriker
    • In the Dust
    • The Change
  • Maurice English
    • Copernicus, Darwin, Freud
  • Daniel Halpern
    • The Storm
    • Summer Constellations
    • The End of Vigil
  • Judith Moffett
    • Leaf Lesson
    • From Variations on a Theme
  • John Drury
    • Side Panels: Adam and Eve
  • Carole Oles
    • A Collage: The National Standard
    • I Will Draw You Three Lines
    • In Nashville
  • James Paul
    • Feet, a Sermon
    • The Water Tower
  • John Morgan
    • Her Ecstasy
  • Mary Kinzie
    • Novum Organum
    • Their Story
  • Robert Long
    • Saying One Thing
    • Poem ("Someone you loved is dead...")
    • Thruway
    • What It Is
  • Hugh Seidman
    • Eurydice
  • Wesley McNair
    • The Poetic License
    • The Bald Spot
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  • William H. Pritchard
    • Play's the Thing
    • Riven Doggeries, by James Tate
    • The Messenger, by Jean Valentine
    • New & Selected Poems, by Irving Feldman
    • Blue Wine and Other Poems, by John Hollander
    • An Explanation of America, by Robert Pinsky
    • [Robert Frost]
Contents
  • John Drury
    • 1.After Cranach
    • 2.After Durer
CONTRIBUTORS
  • John Drury
  • Maurice English
  • Daniel Halpern
  • Mary Kinzie
  • Robert Long
  • Wesley McNair
  • Judith Moffett
  • John Morgan
  • Carole Oles
  • Alicia Ostriker
  • James Paul
  • William H. Pritchard
  • Robert Beverley Ray
  • Hugh Seidman
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