One of Americas most honored poets, Anthony Hecht, died last week in his home in Washington, DC. He was 81 years old. During his long career as a poet, Hecht received the Bollinger Prize, the Ruth Lilly Prize and the Pulitzer Prize for his collection Hard Hours. His other books include “Flight Among the Tombs” and “The Transparent Man.” For more information about Hecht and his work, see his listing at the Academy of American Poets: www.poets.org
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Current Issue: 35.1 (Spring 2012)
Poem of the Week- David Kirby: “If Any Man Have an Ear, Let Him Listen”
- Larry Levis: “Labyrinth as the Erasure of Cries Heard Once Within It or: (Mr. Bones I Succeeded. . .’ Later)”
- Amy Newman: “The Day After The Dean of Michigan State College Admits Him To Lansing Sparrow Hospital For Rest, A Naked Theodore Roethke Barricades Himself Behind A Hospital Mattress”