McHenry's done quite a lot of reviews in some pretty heavy-hitting venues; his tone seems to be that of William Logan the Younger:
http://www.slate.com/id/2106536/
http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/prem/.../int2002-05-30
But I don't think he's casting aspersions on formal poetry as such, merely by stating that it is "unpopular" (among most contemporary poets, I'd qualify, even if said qualification were only a surface treatment of a complex debate beyond the scope of his capsule review):
http://www.bu.edu/agni/poetry/print/...6-mchenry.html
http://www.press.jhu.edu/books/title_pages/2708.html
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http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/09/books/review/
09MCHENRY.html?ex=1263186000&en=65871a3e3d044235&e i=5088&partner=rssnyt</A>
You'll find his work in
The New Criterion, among other places.
Robin
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