Posts Tagged American Poetry

  • Max’s Musings Max’s Musings

    By Max Molleston Not long ago, my wife Rhoada suggested to me that my columns here seem to go better if they are less academic and more folksy. Poets have trouble accepting advice from other poets, called criticism, let alone family members who have not spoken out on this matter for seven or eigh...

  • Max’s Musings Max’s Musings

    By Max Molleston When poet Walt Whitman becomes the subject of discussions or conversations at a literary gathering, many of those listening can claim to not understand. Whitman, individual that he was, tossed some poets aside because they had not used American language, words used then and now a...