The Top 10 Poets: Who are the Greatest?
Anthony Tommasini’s fascinating project to identify the ten greatest composers has generated a shocking amount of publicity and an impressive level of participation. In mid January, Tommasini, the...
View ArticleThe Ten Greatest Poets: What Is “Greatness” Anyway?
I’ve been impressed by the lists and comments readers have contributed–both on the site itself and in emails I’ve received. As I suspected, there is some general overlap on the lists and also a great...
View ArticleThe Top 10 Poets: What You’re Saying
Without question, the best aspect of this project is reading the comments (and lists) from readers. Democracy and poetry like to flirt, but they don’t always hook up; so hearing from dozens even...
View ArticleThe 10 Greatest Poets: Your Lists
The most frequent question people have been asking me about the lists readers are sending in is not really about the list at all. Everyone wants to know what poet, what one name, appears most...
View ArticleThe 10 Greatest Poets: My List
Who would have thought so many people would have so many strong opinions about poetic greatness? The hundreds of passionate, articulate, persuasive responses proves that Americans think and care deeply...
View ArticleThe 10 Greatest Poets Project: The Postmortem
As surprised I was by the overwhelming response to my call for lists of the 10 greatest poets, I was even more taken by the lack of . . . furor . . .over my final list! Even The New York Times seemed...
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