Probes

The New American Poetry Revisited — Again

By Michael Boughn | August 20, 2013

Michael Boughn has been teaching “The New American Poetry” in recent years, and thinking about what it means.

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Poet and Son: Hartley Coleridge (6)

By John Harris | July 17, 2013

John Harris concludes his extended essay about Hartley Coleridge (1796-1849), the son of Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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Hüzün

By Myrna Kostash | July 4, 2013

Myrna Kostash reports from Turkey.

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Poet and Son: Hartley Coleridge (5)

By John Harris | July 4, 2013

John Harris’s extended essay on the Coleridges and company is part of the Poet and Son series.

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Comparative Lyrics

By George Bowering | June 27, 2013

Gorge Bowering compares some Oldies But Goodies with some Newies But Baddies.

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Poet and Son: Hartley Coleridge (4)

By John Harris | June 27, 2013

John Harris’s extended essay on the Coleridges and their friends is the latest installment in the Poet and Son series.

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Poet and Son: Hartley Coleridge (3)

By John Harris | June 19, 2013

John Harris continues his extended essay on the Coleridges, Wordsworth, Southey and company, part of the “Poet and Son” series.

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Bradbury Redux: Censorship, TV, and Books in the Age of Consumption

By Michael Boughn | June 13, 2013

Ray Bradbury’s “Fahrenheit 451” is the Toronto Public Library’s 2013 featured book in the library’s “Keep Toronto Reading” program. Michael Boughn talks about it.

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Poet and Son: Hartley Coleridge (2)

By John Harris | June 12, 2013

Part two of John Harris’s extended essay on Samuel Coleridge, his son Hartley, and William Wordsworth, from the series “Poet and Son.” An exploration of 19th century poetry, child-rearing, opium smoking, and thinking about nature.

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The Zoo Itself (An Investigation)

By Norbert Ruebsaat | June 5, 2013

Norbert Reubsaat is at the Berlin zoo.

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