The work of poets
by Jeffrey Greggs The long-time Parnassus contributor John Foy is guestblogging at Best American Poetry this week. In his maiden post, he takes a look at some poets who have held down “real” jobs, by which he means they worked outside the literary sphere. Judging from the list of “usual suspects” he’s collected—Stevens, Eliot, Williams, Neruda, and Cavafy—it’s safe, at least, to argue that “real”... Read More