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Unread 04-19-2012, 06:23 AM
Tim Murphy Tim Murphy is offline
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Jeremy, that is a brilliant essay, a close reading of a poet who needs to be read very closely. I remember Alan's excitement the day she first posted at Deep End: "You have to read this woman!"

The only poet I can compare her to is Kay Ryan, although I doubt Kay is an influence. Wendy just burst on the scene fully formed and probably didn't even know Kay's work back then.

To me much of the magic that comes from Wendy comes straight out of Grand Junction, beyond the Front Range. I am a poet of The Great Outdoors (yeah, ninety-eight percent according to Master Gwynn) and a poet of place. Grand Junction is about 1100 miles from here, but I can pick up Wendy's book and I'm there.

But there's something else. Wendy just sees things better than I do. Maybe in the next lifetime I shall come back as a young mother and see things better.

And three cheers to Christian Wiman for publishing so much Videlock at Poetry and to Alex for bringing out her book.

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