"It isn’t necessarily an advantage in the poetry world, especially the American poetry world, to be known for writing things that aren’t poetry." David Orr on Clive James • The New York Times

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"The ignition point for attention is not necessarily the ignition point for invention." Clive James • Poetry

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"The voice is perhaps the most lasting incarnation of any existence." Alastair Reid talks to James Campbell • The Guardian

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"Like the poet-critics he admires, Adam Kirsch mounts a defense of poetry at the expense of poetry he disapproves of." Langdon Hammer • The New York Times

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