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11-20-2011, 09:06 PM
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Review of Gail White in Verse Wisconsin
My review of Gail White's The Accidental Cynic:
http://www.versewisconsin.org/Issue1...ews/white.html
Other 'Spherians are in the print issue, including Quincy Lehr and Mary Meriam, but this is the only thing from here I noticed that was available in the online issue.
Susan
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11-20-2011, 10:22 PM
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That's a good clear book review, Susan. Thanks for posting. I also enjoyed the sidebar-sample from Gail's book. There's plenty of subtlety in Gail's wit. And her title is clever, too.
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11-20-2011, 11:51 PM
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Good review, Susan, really enjoyed it. Someone mentioned Morris Dickstein's essay recently - here's a link to it.
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11-21-2011, 12:14 AM
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This is a good review, insofar as it not only advocates for a specific work in its own right, but in the greater scheme of things as well.
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11-21-2011, 02:53 AM
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If I didn't already have it, Susan, you'd have convinced me to buy it. Glad to see the formal versification specificially mentioned.
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Most modern formalists are content to exploit a limited range of forms:sonnets in great number, some quatrains or couplets, perhaps a villanelle or two. White adds to those forms a dazzling array of clerihews, double dactyls, triolets, skeltonics, a quiz poem, free verse, and six ballades, a form rarely attempted today because of its demanding rhyme scheme, a veritable triathlon for rhymers.
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11-21-2011, 07:27 AM
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Great to know about this, Susan - great to see Gail's work getting such prominence.
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11-21-2011, 08:04 AM
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Warm congrats to the delightful, delightfully human, Gail White, and props to Susan McLean for an expert review.
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11-21-2011, 08:09 AM
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Terrific book, great review!
Best,
Jean
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11-21-2011, 08:41 AM
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A very thoughtful and well-written review, Susan!
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11-21-2011, 10:13 AM
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Nice review. Congrats to both!
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