Tuesday, December 04, 2007

Great Regulars: By evoking American history

from unexpected, unsettling angles, Jordan demonstrates poetry's power to be at once intimate and wide-ranging.

(A. Van Jordan's poem "Flashback" is from his book "Quantum Lyrics: Poems." Norton. Copyright 2007 by A. Van Jordan.)

from Robert Pinsky: The Washington Post: Poet's Choice

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