Thanks, Jane. I was just reading her introduction to the poems of A R Ammons. "The formidable and admirable Helen Vendler," as Harold Bloom called her. I will now go rewatch all of her stuff on YouTube, or read her Paris Review interview. I am deeply saddened.
Thanks, Jane. I was just reading her introduction to the poems of A R Ammons. "The formidable and admirable Helen Vendler," as Harold Bloom called her. I will now go rewatch all of her stuff on YouTube, or read her Paris Review interview. I am deeply saddened.
ah, such a shame - she was brilliant. her introduction to the anthology of contemporary american poetry is worth the price of entry alone.