Comments on: reviewgled http://www.closecallswithnonsense.com/2009/08/03/reviewgled/ A poetry blog by Stephen Burt Mon, 14 Mar 2011 16:22:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Michael Theune http://www.closecallswithnonsense.com/2009/08/03/reviewgled/comment-page-1/#comment-244 Michael Theune Mon, 03 Aug 2009 15:22:48 +0000 http://www.closecallswithnonsense.com/?p=128#comment-244 Thanks for giving a shout-out to Structure & Surprise, Stephen! I hope you will check out the book. I think there'd be much you might be interested in. Jarrell (I'm looking at, in your blog's sidebar, the covers of two of your books dealing with Jarrell even as I write this...!) is a presence in the book's introduction, and his presence is throughout the blog. I've found Jarrell's "Levels and Opposites: Structure in Poetry" an endless resource for my thinking about non-formal poetic structure. And, in fact, your work in "Close Calls with Nonsense" provides one of the touchstones for S&S's ninth chapter, "Substructure." Interesting confluences... Cheers! Mike Thanks for giving a shout-out to Structure & Surprise, Stephen!

I hope you will check out the book. I think there’d be much you might be interested in. Jarrell (I’m looking at, in your blog’s sidebar, the covers of two of your books dealing with Jarrell even as I write this…!) is a presence in the book’s introduction, and his presence is throughout the blog. I’ve found Jarrell’s “Levels and Opposites: Structure in Poetry” an endless resource for my thinking about non-formal poetic structure. And, in fact, your work in “Close Calls with Nonsense” provides one of the touchstones for S&S’s ninth chapter, “Substructure.” Interesting confluences…

Cheers!
Mike

]]> By: Matthew Thorburn http://www.closecallswithnonsense.com/2009/08/03/reviewgled/comment-page-1/#comment-242 Matthew Thorburn Mon, 03 Aug 2009 13:28:43 +0000 http://www.closecallswithnonsense.com/?p=128#comment-242 I still don't *get* Waldrep's work (sure I am missing something, though increasingly unsure what it is), though I appreciate the link to read your thoughts on his new book. Angie Estes, on the other hand -- her Tryst is top of my shopping list. I still don’t *get* Waldrep’s work (sure I am missing something, though increasingly unsure what it is), though I appreciate the link to read your thoughts on his new book. Angie Estes, on the other hand — her Tryst is top of my shopping list.

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