Monday, July 21, 2014

Coverage of whether poetry matters


I've tracked some of the writings on whether poetry "can" and "does poetry matter." I've previously tracked the extended conversation about the so-called death of poetry

2014: Two State Poets Laureate Tell All (in Prose) - New York Times
2014: Is Poetry Dead? Not if 45 Official Laureates Are Any Indication - Jennifer Schuessler - New York Times
2014: Does Poetry Matter? - Room for Debate [multiple authors] - New York Times
2013: Making Poetry Matter - Edited by Sue Dymoke, Andrew Lambirth, Anthony Wilson - Bloomsbury Publishing 
2010: The New York Times asks, “Does Poetry Matter?” - Harriet Staff - Poetry
2010: Does Poetry Matter? - Gregory Cowles - New York Times
2010: This Land Is Our Land - David Biespiel - Poetry
2010:  Can Children’s Poetry Matter? - J. Patrick Lewis - Hunger Mountain
2009: Is poetry making a comeback?  - Richard Abowitz - Las Vegas Sun
2008: Review of Why poetry matters - William Palmer - The Independent
2008: Why Poetry Matters (Why X Matters Series) - Jay Parini - Yale University Press 
2002: Can Poetry Matter?: Essays on Poetry and American Culture - Dana Gioia - Graywolf Press (paperback)
2000: Does poetry matter? - Multiple readers respond - BBC News
1997: Does Poetry Matter? - John Olson - The Raven Chronicles 
1997: Does Poetry Matter? The Culture of Poetry - Bart Baxter - The Raven Chronicles 
1993: Can Children's Poetry Matter? - Richard Flynn - The Lion and the Unicorn
1992: Can Poetry Matter?: Essays on Poetry and American Culture - Dana Gioia - Graywolf Press
1991: Can Poetry Matter? - Dana Gioia - The Atlantic

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