Every poem in “Testimony” is an all-American tragedy. People are shot over firewood and bad bets and bad marriages; crushed beneath trains and horses and industrial machinery; jailed, evicted, and left to die. Every line is stripped down to the starkest details.
Thursday, May 11, 2023
Crime and poetry …
… CHARLES REZNIKOFF: THE FINEST NOIR POET YOU’VE NEVER HEARD OF. (Ha tip, Dave Lull.)
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