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Spring 1998Number 51


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Tributes

In this section, we pay tribute to a few of the remarkable poets we lost last year-Denise Levertov, William Matthews, and David Ignatow-and also present essays written for recent PSA events honoring Sylvia Plath, Marianne Moore, and Emily Dickinson.

First Loves

In this series, we ask poets to write about the poem or poems they considered 'first loves"-those which captivated and haunted them, and inspired their love for poetry. We are pleased to continue this feature with the following responses.

Editors on Poetry

Here is the fifth part of our ongoing series on poetry editors: what they look for and what they hope to avoid.