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The Hatred of Poetry
by Ben Lerner
May 21, 2021 - May 21, 2021 (read/literary-criticism)

Lerner, B. (2016). The Hatred of Poetry. FSG Originals.


FSG Originals, 2016. 86 pages. Paperback. 9780865478206

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p.76
jeremiad »
(noun) a long, mournful complaint or lamentation;…
p.71
virgule »
(noun) slash
p.33
ekphrasis »
a rhetorical term originally taught to Greek stud…
p.27
prosody »
(noun) the study of versification / (noun) the sy…
p.22
desultory »
(adjective) marked by lack of definite plan, regu…
p.83
an abstract capacity I associate with Poetry
[...] I want to note only that each time the hous…
p.78
vanish or varnish
I remember speaking a word whose meaning I didn’t…
p.63
the universal is a fantasy
What we want to avoid at all costs is…an oppositi…
p.38
burn the actual off the virtual like fog
[...] _I, too, dislike it_: That “too” in the Moo…
p.35
I dwell in Possibility
I dwell in Possibility— A fairer House than Pros…