Collected Earlier Poems by Anthony Hecht. Alfred A. Knopf, 1990. Collected Later Poems by Anthony Hecht. Alfred A. Knopf, 2003. As Reviewed By: Jan Schreiber For years I resisted the temptation to sum up Anthony Hecht’s work as a single, completed whole. I preferred to see it as an evolving organism, changing direction and emphasis [...]
About Jan Schreiber
Jan Schreiber is a poet and critic. His books include Digressions, Wily Apparitions, and Bell Buoys, as well as two books of translations: A Stroke upon the Sea and Sketch of a Serpent. His poems and reviews have appeared in the Hudson Review, the Southern Review, Agenda, the Formalist, and many other publications, as well as on-line journals and anthologies. A song cycle, Zeno’s Arrow, based on seven of his poems, was composed by Paul Alan Levi and premiered in 2001.
Jan Schreiber Has written the following articles:
The Achievements of Anthony Hecht
Posted on 01 December 2004
Posted in December 2004: In Memoriam, FeaturedComments (0)
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