The Future Does Not Simplify the Past: On Nicholas McDowell’s “Poet of Revolution: The Making of John Milton”
A. M. Juster admires the erudition and judiciousness of “Poet of Revolution: The Making of John Milton” by Nicholas McDowell.
A. M. Juster is the author of 10 books of original and translated poetry, including most recently John Milton’s The Book of Elegies (Paideia Institute Press, 2019) and Wonder and Wrath (Paul Dry Books, 2020). W.W. Norton will publish his translation of Petrarch’s Canzoniere in 2023.
A. M. Juster admires the erudition and judiciousness of “Poet of Revolution: The Making of John Milton” by Nicholas McDowell.
"Marilyn Hacker’s immaculately crafted poems of this century display depth, range, and wit." On "Blazons: New and Selected Poems, 2000–2018."
A. M. Juster scans “Elizabeth Jennings: ‘The Inward War’” by Dana Greene.
A. M. Juster appreciates the retro-transgressive poetics of “Petty Theft,” by Nicholas Friedman.
A. M. Juster evaluates “Anecdotal Evidence,” the latest collection of poems from Wendy Cope.