Hatred of Poetry 4th fiction "Each author captures Christie--and Marple--perfectly

"Each author captures Christie--and Marple--perfectly

and to the idealistic young nobleman she loves

Wallace brings his dazzling literary magic to the game he loved as he celebrates the other-worldly genius of Roger Federer

but are you curious about the invisible part of that spectrum

and turn a blind eye to the ugly realities of modern life--we need courage more than ever

Hatred of Poetry 4th fiction "Each author captures Christie--and Marple--perfectlyNo art has been denounced as often as poetry. It's even bemoaned by poets: "I, too, dislike it," wrote Marianne Moore. "Many more people agree they hate poetry," Ben Lerner writes, "than can agree what poetry is. I, too, dislike it and have largely organized my life around it and do not experience that as a contradiction because poetry and the hatred of poetry are inextricable in ways it is my purpose to explore." In this inventive and lucid essay,