The Poem is You by Stephen Burt Paul Sutherland and the PBS Translation Choice

and the PBS Translation Choice

Shepard’s original illustrations

Plath strove to stay true to her creative vision

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a comprehensive

The Poem is You by Stephen Burt Paul Sutherland and the PBS Translation ChoiceContemporary American poetry has plenty to offer new readers, and plenty more for those who already follow it. Yet its difficultyand sheer varietyleaves many readers puzzled or overwhelmed. The critic, scholar, and poet Stephen Burt sets out to help. Beginning in the early 1980s, where critical consensus ends, Burt canvasses American poetry of the past four decades, from the headline making urgency of Claudia Rankines Citizen to the stark pathos of