New York, NY, USA: New Directions, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. "It is time to reacknowledge Delmore Schwartz's remarkable achievement as acute social observer and gifted technician. In the 1970s Schwartz is best known through his legend as poete maudit- a legend recently strengthened by the many parallels between Schwartz and the tortured, though brilliant poet Von Humboldt Fleisher of Saul Bellow's monumental novel Humboldt's Gift. In Dreams Begin Responsibilities and..... More

Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. "In 1917 Vachel Lindsay called motion pictures 'today's divine surprise' and urged his fellow poets to write about them as a significant phenomenon of modern life. Throughout the century poets have responded to the movies, including some of our most important contemporary writers...The American Poet at the Movies: A Critical History is the first study of the engagement of..... More