Fred Marchant

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Introduction to Another World Instead

Cover for Another World Instead: the Early Poems of William Stafford, edited by Fred Marchant

What does it mean to be a conscientious objector during a war that nearly all one’s fellow citizens favor? What does it mean to take such a stance at the same time that one is getting started as a poet?

The Fire Teaching

Fred Marchant reviews The Fifth Book of Peace, by Maxine Hong Kingston

Deeply informed by Ms. Kingston’s Buddhist practices and values, The Fifth Book of Peace is a hybrid of memoir, scholarship, and fiction, each of which examines the nature of and possibilities for creating a “beloved community.”

Windfall

The Human Chain, poems by Seamus Heaney, cover art

Seamus Heaney’s last book reminds us that no other poet has so profoundly embraced the task of articulating a defense of poetry for our time.

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