New and Selected Poems (1965-2006).(Shapiro)(Brief article)

Publication: The New Yorker

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Shapiro is usually thought of as a New York School poet, but from the evidence of this selection it would prob-ably be more accurate to call him a Greater New York School poet. His metropolis radiates outward to com-prehend Weequahic Park and the Palisades, and his aleatory, portent-free sophistication...

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