Poetry

The NYPR Archive Collections | Jan 1, 2000

Gilbert Highet says most Americans don't like poetry largely because they don't understand it. Poetry is halfway between prose and music. He talks about several books that attempt to make poetry more meaningful and understandable to people.


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