Versed (Wesleyan University Press)
Rae Armantrout
has been associated with the Language-centered poets of the eighties, a
group often accused of overly cerebral poetry derived from theory. Now,
her work is found in the most widely read magazines that publish
poetry. Her work has not changed. What has happened is that time has
revealed the hidden heart of her work—the fear of the void that causes
her poems to vanish or explode.
Rae Armantrout
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