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December 10, 2018

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A fascinating and often-discussed topic, & one dear to my heart. But when Kate Sontag & I began researching our essay anthology, AFTER CONFESSION: POETRY AS AUTOBIOGRAPHY (Graywolf, 2001), we were kind of surprised to find there were no equivalent anthologies available on the subject. Far as I know, it's still the only such book. https://www.graywolfpress.org/books/after-confession

Hi David,

I will have to check out that book! Thanks for letting me know!

This is a huge topic becase it traces the trail from Lowell, Sexton, and how that poetry was disabused and came back again rinsed off with respectability. That you Nin for your inveterate columns which I'm catching up on your TYPEPAD.

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