The world will see no more Max Ritvo poems, and for that, I grieve.
Read Helen Vendler’s review of his Four Reincarnations in Poetry. Better yet, read the book. It’ll make you ache.
The world will see no more Max Ritvo poems, and for that, I grieve.
Read Helen Vendler’s review of his Four Reincarnations in Poetry. Better yet, read the book. It’ll make you ache.
i can’t believe someone that young could write so well. He is my brothers age. i need to get Four Reincarnations, he is my kind of poet. i grieve with you for this loss. So few poets exist with this sort of ability. Vendler does him justice with a fine & human piece.
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Yes, what could have been! Such depth, and humor.
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The perfect traits of a good poet. He could have surpassed Berryman in his scope.
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Wow! wowowoowoowwwww! Milkweed, eh? Guess more than just Tupelo Press is going to get my poetry pennies….thanks for the tip!
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It’s a fine book. Outstanding.
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I had never heard of Max until now. What a mind!! Thanks for turning me onto his work, Sensei!!
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Interesting and original work!
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I just read the New Yorker piece on him. HOLY SH*T! His work is beyond genius. If he does not become documented in the history books as a/the great poetic mind of the 21st or indeed any century, it will be a crime against humanity.
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Was that the piece by Lucie Brock-Broido? Her poetry will knock your socks off, too.
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I must look her up if you say so. Shimasu!!
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I wish he didn’t have to face his own mortality yet could he have developed such sensitivity that is essential for poets at such an early age? I wish he didn’t have to die to have such words written about him; I read them and wish that he can read them too.
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Same here, Mary.
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