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More on Negative Reviews

By Carrie Olivia Adams ⋅ June 18, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Thoughts on Anis Shivani’s extremely critical review of the 2009 edition to the Best American Poetry series.

Sacrifices on the Altar of Plot

By Scott Esposito ⋅ February 24, 2010 ⋅ 3 comments

For what it’s worth, I think I have a little bit more tolerance for plot than Shields does, but just a smidgen.

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