Books in the Under Discussion series

Readers and critics alike have applauded Philip Levine's poems for their eloquent and elegiac narrative and their vivas for the dignity of the human spirit. On the Poetry of Philip Levine, the first critical collection to focus on this original and highly acclaimed poet, selects essays and reviews that span three decades.

Offers perspectives on the work of Charles Simic, the fifteenth Poet Laureate of the United States. This book traces the critical reception to Simic's poetry, beginning with the earliest responses, and reveals a constantly changing image of the relationship between the poet and his work.

A collection of essays, reviews, and interviews that is designed to ignite a more wide-ranging critical appraisal of Donald Revell's writing, from his fourteen collections of poems to his acclaimed translations of French symbolist and modernist poets to his artfully constructed literary criticism.

Though she published only five volumes of poetry over the course of her career, Jane Cooper (1924-2007) was deeply admired by her contemporaries. In Jane Cooper: A Radiance of Attention, Martha Collins and Celia Bland bring together several decades' worth of essential writing on Cooper's poetry.

Born and raised in Kashmir, Agha Shahid Ali (1949-2001) came to the United States in the mid-1970s to pursue graduate study in literature; by the mid-1980s, he had begun to establish himself as one of the most important American poets of the late 20th century. Mad Heart Be Brave: On the Poetry of Agha Shahid Ali is the first comprehensive examination of all stages of his career.

Of Angie Estes, the poet and critic Steph Burt has written that she ""has created some of the most beautiful verbal objects in the world."" In The Allure of Grammar, Doug Rutledge gathers insightful responses to the full range of Estes's work that approach these beautiful verbal objects with both intellectual rigour and genuine awe.

Presents illuminating reflections on the achievements of poet Denise Levertov.