Great Regulars: Indeed, The New Yorker now treats poetry

almost exactly as [Dana] Goodyear suggests the Poetry Foundation does--as a brand-enhancing commodity. Rather than actual discussions of poetry as an art, The New Yorker offers "profiles" of poets, which are distinguishable from profiles of, say, United States senators only in that the poets' stories potentially include more references to bongs.

from David Orr: The New York Times: Annals of Poetry

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