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… Corey Van Landingham || Winter 2018 || West Branch Wired | Bucknell University. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

I have written my share of negative reviews. But I don’t write negative reviews of poetry. I recently turned down an assignment because, when I read the poems, they just didn’t grab me, and I didn’t feel like spending any time explaining why. I prefer writing about poetry that excites me. I prefer to ignore poetry that doesn’t. Such, as I say, is my preference. It involves no grand critical dictum. At my age, I think I have the right, at least sometimes, to do as I please.