The Hatred of Poetry: An Interview with Ben Lerner December 27th, 2016 Michael Clune and Ben Lerner discuss the long tradition of despising verse.
The Hatred of Poetry: An Interview with Ben Lerner June 30th, 2016 What do we want from poetry? To read a poem is, on some level, to loathe it—both poem and poet aspire to fulfill a set of impossible expectations from the culture. In his new book, The Hatred of Poetry, Ben Lerner argues that a disdain for poetry is …