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Bob Hicok

And the James Patterson of Contemporary Poetry is…

by Evan Hansen May 23, 2010 Bob Hicok

Writers in the scattered nation of good poetry are, in general, perfectionists. Many greats have been known to be tight-lipped about their process and to publish only what they deem categorically best. , on the other hand, doesn’t seem worried about perfection. He publishes so prodigiously that it’s hard to imagine he spends any time [...]

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“While I was masturbating, more rainforest disappeared”

by Evan Hansen May 2, 2010 Aaron Kunin

In a poem called “Life,” which appears in his most recent collection, (Pitt Poetry, 2010), writes: “The feeling that mysticism / is the only way to be polite…. / While I was masturbating, / more rainforest / disappeared….” These disclosures feel true—and inevitable, given what at least I believe about climate change and humans continuing [...]

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