I think it would be unfair, or perhaps unfortunate, to judge Robbins by his poetry. Prose seems to be his strength. I don't always agree with them, but the commentaries of his that I've read are interesting and sometimes rather graceful in their venemous way, like a spitting cobra.
I wonder if he's being a bit too clever in his review, though, creating an artificial distance between himself and the postmoderns by trashing them.
Best,
Ed
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