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Saturday, May 18, 2024

the “most American” poet

"I never get to the bottom of a Robert Frost poem," explains poet and biographer Jay Parini (middleburycollege) in a new interview on our website about the seemingly limitless depths of the beloved New England poet's oeuvre. "Frost is one of the three great modern American poets: Eliot, Stevens, and Frost. Frost is the most American of them all."

Read the full piece here: https://www.loa.org/news-and-views/you-want-to-possess-the-words-jay-parini-on-why-we-cant-stop-reading-robert-frost/

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