From the Prompter’s Box From the Prompter’s Box
Those first-nights when I see my charge's panic, And, in quick whispers, slip him mislaid lines, Untangled recognition scenes will light
May 20, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Alfred Corn
Poets Against the War Poets Against the War
Here The Nation presents a few of the works posted on "Poets Against the War," (www.poetsagainstthewar.org), the website set up by Sam Hamill, poet and editor, when he ca...
Feb 19, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Alfred Corn, Sam Hamill, W.S. Merwin, Maxine Kumin, and Rita Dove
Futbol Futbol
As if to move a flexible sphere from here to there with unassisted head and foot were natural and obvious. As if a dance could always bow to resolute constraint and never be dance...
May 16, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Alfred Corn
Merrill Table Talk Merrill Table Talk
Alfred Corn reviews Alison Lurie's Familiar Spirits.
Aug 9, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Alfred Corn
Poetry’s Ball Turret Gunner Poetry’s Ball Turret Gunner
Has anyone read John Dennis? Irving Babbitt? Gorham Munson? Probably not, though they were considered important critics in their day.
Jul 22, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Alfred Corn