Amy Clampitt’s “Nothing Stays Put” opens with an allusion to Wordsworth’s “The World is Too Much With Us,” and the … More
Tag: Elizabeth Bishop
138. (Elizabeth Bishop)
She is said to be reticent; it is the title and subject of a monograph on her work, and recently … More
95. (Elizabeth Bishop)
The poems are about the failure to communicate or translate an esoteric, charged experience of the commonplace. Where poets who … More
93. (Elizabeth Bishop)
She shares with Eugenio Montale a novel sense of what epiphany a poem can or should seek or record. She only … More
Critical Provisions 