http://www.constantcritic.com/ray_mcdaniel/barter/ Timely poetry reviews Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:57:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://www.constantcritic.com/ray_mcdaniel/barter/comment-page-1/#comment-83 Will Nestler Tue, 09 Sep 2003 03:40:00 +0000 http://www.constantcritic.test/ray_mcdaniel/barter#comment-83 This makes a strong case for why clarity needn't be poetry's prime virtue (or any virtue at all), but why Youn's book serves as a pretext for such a discussion escapes me. I guess your reviewer just wanted to get some things off his chest. I've heard nobody but him opine that this book lacks "clarity"; most seem to find it just sort of dull. This makes a strong case for why clarity needn’t be poetry’s prime virtue (or any virtue at all), but why Youn’s book serves as a pretext for such a discussion escapes me. I guess your reviewer just wanted to get some things off his chest. I’ve heard nobody but him opine that this book lacks “clarity”; most seem to find it just sort of dull.

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