I can’t remember why I first bought POETRY AND THE AGE by Randall Jarrell. I’m a big purchaser of books for their covers, but no cover of any edition I’ve seen has been very striking. Perhaps William Pritchard mentioned Jarrell in his great book LIVES OF THE MODERN POETS and that’s where I heard of it? I don’t know. But I’ve re-read it more than any oth…
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