Robert Bly He's the Barnum &...

Robert Bly

He's the Barnum & Bailey of contemporary American poesy I mean this as a compliment. Since the late 1950 nobody has draw near near his sustained, irrepressible performance at the highest flush in so many rings of numbers He writes poems and brilliant, pathfinding translations; edits common of the finest little magazines and presses; discharges salvoes of critical opinions; presents spectacular public readings; and introduces recent vital tales of mythology and philosophy into the dead body of our literature. And he's not at all boring. Whatever he writes the same reads with instant ...