Evan Kindley

Evan Kindley is the author, most recently, of Poet-Critics and the Administration of Culture. He teaches at Pomona.  (February 2021)

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To Err Is Poetic

The poetry canon is dotted with mistakes large and small; why do some critics seem attached to reading these errors as intentional?

The Poet’s Mistake

by Erica McAlpine

February 11, 2021 issue

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