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Stephanie Burt is a professor of English at Harvard. Her new book of poems is We Are Mermaids (Graywolf Press, 2022).
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A Review of The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On
Stephanie Burt
Distancing #10: Dirty Gold/Memory Span
Stephanie Burt
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Joseph Massey’s To Keep Time
Stephanie Burt
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Snowfall in Belmont, Massachusetts (February 18, 2014)
Stephanie Burt
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Melodica
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Deborah Woodard’s Borrowed Tales
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Crippled Pilgrim’s Black and White
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But Our Princess Is In Another Castle
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Chris Van Hollen
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Journey to the Sun
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The New Aesthetic
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Madame X
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Gadabout TM 1050 Cudworth-Hooper Owner’s Manual
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The Piano Project
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Harmony Holiday’s Negro League Baseball
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Dr. Suess’ Fox in Socks
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Unisex Omnisexual Purity Test
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HL Hix’s First Fire, Then Birds
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Molly Bendall’s Under the Quick
Stephanie Burt
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Aaron Kunin’s The Sore Throat and Other Poems
Stephanie Burt
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Horse and Rider
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To Light Out
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Never-Ending Birds
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Trust
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King Driftwood
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Alpha Zulu
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Robyn Schiff’s Revolver
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Jordan Scott’s Blert
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Raymond McDaniel’s Saltwater Empire
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Jenny Browne’s The Second Reason
Stephanie Burt
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Juliana Spahr’s The Transformation
Stephanie Burt
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A Review of: Starsdown by Jasper Bernes
Stephanie Burt
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A Review of: A Fiddle Pulled from the Throat of a Sparrow by Noah Eli Gordon
Stephanie Burt
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A Review of: Red Ledger by Mary Dalton
Stephanie Burt
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A Review of: Birds and Fancies by Elizabeth Treadwell
Stephanie Burt
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A Review of: The Anger Scale by Katie Degentesh
Stephanie Burt
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A Review of Rain by Jon Woodward
Stephanie Burt
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Original White Animals
Stephanie Burt
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Leap
Stephanie Burt
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Vacationland
Stephanie Burt
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A Review of: Funny by Jennifer Michael Hecht
Stephanie Burt
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A Review of Starred Wire by Ange Mlinko
Stephanie Burt
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A Review of: Chez Nous by Angie Estes
Stephanie Burt
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A Review of: Pennyweight Windows by Donald Revell
Stephanie Burt
Essays
Welcome to the Almost Cult-Like Fan-World of American Womens’ Pro Basketball
Stephanie Burt
Essays
I Do Not Expect You to Like It
Stephanie Burt
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A Review of: The Joyous Age by Christopher Nealon
Stephanie Burt
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A Review of Occasional Work and Seven Walks from the Office for Soft Architecture by Lisa Robertson
Stephanie Burt
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A Review of: Up to Speed by Rae Armantrout
Stephanie Burt
Essays
Close Calls with Nonsense
Stephanie Burt
Distancing #10: Dirty Gold/Memory Span
Stephanie Burt
May 20 2020
Early April, 2020. Kids are upstairs rewatching Steven Universe; they’ve eaten dinner. One of them’s in their pajamas. Jessie is reading in our bedroom. A couple of hours from ...Joseph Massey’s To Keep Time
Stephanie Burt
Sep 1 2014
Snowfall in Belmont, Massachusetts (February 18, 2014)
Stephanie Burt
Jun 1 2014
Melodica
Stephanie Burt
Feb 1 2014
Central Question: How can we tell the difference—if there is one—between art for kids and art for adults? Parts of a Hohner melodica (sold separately): mouthpiece, extension ...Deborah Woodard’s Borrowed Tales
Stephanie Burt
Jan 1 2014
Crippled Pilgrim’s Black and White
Stephanie Burt
Oct 1 2013
But Our Princess Is In Another Castle
Stephanie Burt
Jun 1 2013
Chris Van Hollen
Stephanie Burt
Mar 1 2013
Journey to the Sun
Stephanie Burt
Feb 1 2013
The New Aesthetic
Stephanie Burt
Nov 1 2012
Madame X
Stephanie Burt
Oct 1 2012
Gadabout TM 1050 Cudworth-Hooper Owner’s Manual
Stephanie Burt
Jun 1 2012
The Piano Project
Stephanie Burt
Jan 1 2012
Central Question: What is a public good? Population of Littleton, N.H.: 4,412 (as of the 2010 census); Most famous resident: Eleanor Porter, author of ...Harmony Holiday’s Negro League Baseball
Stephanie Burt
Oct 1 2011
Dr. Suess’ Fox in Socks
Stephanie Burt
Jun 1 2011
Unisex Omnisexual Purity Test
Stephanie Burt
May 1 2011
HL Hix’s First Fire, Then Birds
Stephanie Burt
Feb 1 2011
Molly Bendall’s Under the Quick
Stephanie Burt
Jan 1 2011
Aaron Kunin’s The Sore Throat and Other Poems
Stephanie Burt
Oct 1 2010
Horse and Rider
Stephanie Burt
Sep 15 2010
To Light Out
Stephanie Burt
Jun 1 2010
Never-Ending Birds
Stephanie Burt
May 1 2010
Trust
Stephanie Burt
Oct 1 2009
King Driftwood
Stephanie Burt
Sep 1 2009
Alpha Zulu
Stephanie Burt
Jun 1 2009
Robyn Schiff’s Revolver
Stephanie Burt
Feb 1 2009
Jordan Scott’s Blert
Stephanie Burt
Jan 1 2009
Raymond McDaniel’s Saltwater Empire
Stephanie Burt
Sep 1 2008
Here’s a vivid book of poems all about New Orleans, long before, just before, and especially just after Hurricane Katrina. McDaniel does not live there, but he has listened to ...Jenny Browne’s The Second Reason
Stephanie Burt
Jun 1 2008
Juliana Spahr’s The Transformation
Stephanie Burt
May 1 2008
A Review of: Starsdown by Jasper Bernes
Stephanie Burt
Feb 1 2008
CENTRAL QUESTION: Can a near-future Los Angeles furnish the operating system for digital poems?A Review of: A Fiddle Pulled from the Throat of a Sparrow by Noah Eli Gordon
Stephanie Burt
Nov 1 2007
A Review of: Red Ledger by Mary Dalton
Stephanie Burt
Oct 1 2007
A Review of: Birds and Fancies by Elizabeth Treadwell
Stephanie Burt
Sep 1 2007
A Review of: The Anger Scale by Katie Degentesh
Stephanie Burt
Apr 1 2007
A Review of Rain by Jon Woodward
Stephanie Burt
Feb 1 2007
Original White Animals
Stephanie Burt
Jan 1 2007
Leap
Stephanie Burt
Sep 1 2006
Vacationland
Stephanie Burt
Aug 1 2006
A Review of: Funny by Jennifer Michael Hecht
Stephanie Burt
Mar 1 2006
A Review of Starred Wire by Ange Mlinko
Stephanie Burt
Feb 1 2006
A Review of: Chez Nous by Angie Estes
Stephanie Burt
Aug 1 2005
A Review of: Pennyweight Windows by Donald Revell
Stephanie Burt
May 1 2005
Welcome to the Almost Cult-Like Fan-World of American Womens’ Pro Basketball
Stephanie Burt
May 1 2005
THE INSPIRING INCIDENT OF THE BURGUNDY PALMS I teach at a smallish college in St. Paul, Minnesota. People who walk into my smallish office see: the cover of the July 2004 ...I Do Not Expect You to Like It
Stephanie Burt
Apr 1 2005
Published when he was only eighteen, his first book got him noticed right away; soon he became his nation’s leading poet, lecturing (and raising hackles) across the country. ...A Review of: The Joyous Age by Christopher Nealon
Stephanie Burt
Mar 1 2005
A Review of Occasional Work and Seven Walks from the Office for Soft Architecture by Lisa Robertson
Stephanie Burt
Feb 1 2005
A Review of: Up to Speed by Rae Armantrout
Stephanie Burt
Jul 1 2004
Close Calls with Nonsense
Stephanie Burt
May 1 2004
SHEEPISH INTRODUCTION Invited to offer a “defense of poetry,” Randall Jarrell complained fifty years ago that poetry doesn’t need to be defended, it needs to be read. Since ...
