From The Nation, a review of The Poetry of Rilke: Bilingual Edition. From LRB, a review of The Letters of T.S. Eliot, Vol. II: 1923-25. Who killed John Keats? A letter by Keats's old friend makes clear how much "sensative-bitterness" the poet felt after attacks on him by critics. Why do poets die young? They do, you know — younger than most other people, and significantly younger than other writers. Dr. Jacopo Annese and his compatriots are, in effect, plunging into the greatest poetic mystery of all time. From Poetry, a review of Names by Marilyn Hacker and Upgraded to Serious by Heather McHugh. Unacknowledged Legislators Impeached: Why isn’t the United States doing more for its poets laureate? True romantics wore horns: Robert Ferguson on the softer, poetic side of Vikings. Always with the complaining: Meet Ben Jonson and Robert Herrick, poetry's most artful kvetches. After his death at age 67, the late poems of Mahmoud Darwish have found new life in translation. Oxford University to reform voting rules for poetry professor post. The rise of poetry in advertising: More companies, including McDonald's, are being moved to verse to advertise their products. Why I never became a poet: As a Welshman, poetry was in Jonathan Jones's soul - until the editor of a poetry magazine poured cold water on his efforts. Goodbye, sweet Calliope, farewell Erato?: In a consumerist world where speed and image rule, poetry's emotional meanings are being lost. Flarf, the poetry of Googled search terms: Professors debate value of Internet's raw material.
