The Academy of American Poets has selected "31 groundbreaking books of poetry"; I was looking down the list and nodding (yup, the usual suspects, all good stuff but no surprises here) when I hit Of Being Numerous by George Oppen (1968). Any list that includes the unjustly neglected Oppen is worth posting about, so here 'tis. (Via Ramage.)
Posted by languagehat at June 7, 2005 11:51 AMFor American work, the inclusion of Duncan is also equally surprising, and the exclusion of Reznikoff's Testimony and Zukovsky's A equally dismaying.
Posted by: Outcast Manufacturer at June 8, 2005 01:37 PMTrue, but I try not to worry about things left out of such lists, since such there will always be.
Posted by: language hat at June 8, 2005 01:55 PM