Reviews

Eight American Poets: An Anthology by Theodore Roethke, James Merrill, Allen Ginsberg, Anne Sexton, Robert Lowell, John Berryman, Sylvia Plath, Joel Conarroe, Elizabeth Bishop

losethegirl's review

informative reflective slow-paced

2.0

This was good for what it was — an anthology that surveyed a number of the great American contemporary poets. I found myself bored by a lot of the poems, and was confused by some of the selections. I doubt I’ll be picking this back up, but it was a good learning experience. 

juiesmei's review

4.0

"Our lives are all potentially disastrous, and artists — who live perilously close to the abyss make it possible for us to journey over threatening terrain, to experience its terror, and to return intact."

Picked this up mostly to learn about Sylvia Plath but I'm glad to have been introduced to the works of John Berryman, James Merrill, Elizabeth Bishop and Theodore Roethke as well.