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  1. [+]
    All Too Real (3 Reviews)
    Helen Vendler
    Work, for the Night is Coming, by Jared Carter
    1. Work, for the Night is Coming by Jared Carter
    2. A Wild Patience Has Taken Me This Far by Adrienne Rich
    3. One for the Rose by Philip Levine
    The New York Review of Books, December 17, 1981, pp. 32-36
  2. [+]
    American Poet (Review)
    Helen Vendler
    Robert Lowell: A Biography, by Ian Hamilton
    1. Robert Lowell: A Biography by Ian Hamilton
    The New York Review of Books, December 2, 1982, pp. 3-5
  3. The Critics
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    American X-Rays (Review)
    Helen Vendler
    Selected Poems 1947-1995, by Allen Ginsberg
    1. Selected Poems 1947-1995 by Allen Ginsberg
    The New Yorker, November 4, 1996, pp. 98-101
  4. [+]
    Anglo-Celtic Attitudes (5 Reviews)
    Helen Vendler
    Woman Police Officer in Elevator, by James Lasdun
    1. Woman Police Officer in Elevator by James Lasdun
    2. Rest for the Wicked by Glyn Maxwell
    3. Selected Poems, 1968-1983 by Paul Muldoon
    4. The Annals of Chile by Paul Muldoon
    5. Paul Muldoon by Tim Kendall and Peter McDonald
    The New York Review of Books, November 6, 1997, pp. 57-60
  5. [+]
    Anxiety of Innocence (2 Reviews)
    Helen Vendler
    American Poetry: The Nineteenth Century, Vol I, by John Hollander
    1. American Poetry: The Nineteenth Century, Vol I by John Hollander
    2. American Poetry: The Nineteenth Century, Vol II by John Hollander
    The New Republic, November 22, 1993, pp. 27-34
  6. [+]
    Ardor and Artifice (Review)
    Helen Vendler
    Collected Poems, by James Merrill, J.D. McClatchy, and Stephen Yenser, ...
    1. Collected Poems by James Merrill, J.D. McClatchy, and Stephen Yenser, ...
    The New Yorker, March 12, 2001, pp. 100-104
  7. [+]
    The Art of Antithesis (2 Reviews)
    Helen Vendler
    The Bars of Atlantis, by Durs Grunbein
    1. The Bars of Atlantis by Durs Grunbein
    2. Descartes' Devil by Durs Grunbein
    The New Republic, June 24, 2010, pp. 28-31
  8. [+]
    The Art of Losing (Review)
    Helen Vendler
    Edgar Allan Poe and the Juke-Box, by Elizabeth Bishop and Alice Quinn
    1. Edgar Allan Poe and the Juke-Box by Elizabeth Bishop and Alice Quinn
    The New Republic, April 3, 2006, pp. 33-37
  9. The Art of Shakespeare's Sonnets (1997)
    Helen Vendler
    5 Reviews
  10. [+]
    Art, Life & Dr. Williams (3 Reviews)
    Helen Vendler
    William Carlos Williams, by Robert Coles
    1. William Carlos Williams by Robert Coles
    2. William Carlos Williams: Poet from Jersey by Reed Whittemore
    3. The Embodiment of Knowledge by William Carlos Williams and Ron Loewinsohn
    The New York Review of Books, November 13, 1975, pp. 17-19
  11. [+]
    Ascent into Limbo (Review)
    Helen Vendler
    Materialism, by Jorie Graham
    1. Materialism by Jorie Graham
    The New Republic, July 11, 1994, pp. 27-31
  12. [+]
    Ashes of Centuries (2 Reviews)
    Helen Vendler
    New and Collected Poems, 1931-2001, by Czeslaw Milosz
    1. New and Collected Poems, 1931-2001 by Czeslaw Milosz
    2. To Begin Where I Am by Czeslaw Milosz, Madeline Levine, and Bogdana Carpenter, ...
    The Harpers Monthly, April 2002, pp. 72-76
  13. [+]
    Attention, Shoppers (Review)
    Helen Vendler
    Where Shall I Wander, by John Ashbery
    1. Where Shall I Wander by John Ashbery
    The New Republic, March 7, 2005, pp. 30-33
  14. [+]
    The Back Stacks (2 Reviews)
    Helen Vendler
    American Poetry: The Twentieth Century, Vol. I,
    1. American Poetry: The Twentieth Century, Vol. I
    2. American Poetry: The Twentieth Century, Vol. II
    The New Republic, June 19, 2000, pp. 41-44
  15. [+]
    Between the Potency and the Existency (2 Reviews)
    Helen Vendler
    The Letters of T.S. Eliot: Vol. I, 1898-1922, by Valerie Eliot, Hugh Haughton, and T.S....
    1. The Letters of T.S. Eliot: Vol. I, 1898-1922 by Valerie Eliot, Hugh Haughton, and T.S. Eliot
    2. The Letters of T. S. Eliot: Vol. II, 1923-25 by Valerie Eliot, Hugh Haughton, and T.S. Eliot
    The New Republic, April 29, 2010, pp. 30-33
  16. [+]
    Body and Soul (Review)
    Helen Vendler
    The Sacrifice, by Frank Bidart
    1. The Sacrifice by Frank Bidart
    The New Republic, October 10, 1983, pp. 24-27
  17. [+]
    The Booby Trap (Review)
    Helen Vendler
    Great Books, by David Denby
    1. Great Books by David Denby
    The New Republic, October 7, 1996, pp. 34-37
  18. Books
    Helen Vendler
    On Marianne Moore
    The New Yorker, October 16, 1978, pp. 168-193
  19. Books
    [+]
    Poets (4 Reviews)
    Helen Vendler
    Hart Crane and Yvor Winters, by Thomas Parkinson, Hart Crane, and Yvor Winters
    1. Hart Crane and Yvor Winters by Thomas Parkinson, Hart Crane, and Yvor Winters
    2. The Broken Blockhouse Wall by John Peck
    3. Nonsense and Wonder by Thomas Byrom
    4. Mind Breaths by Allen Ginsberg
    The New Yorker, September 18, 1978, pp. 165-172
  20. Books
    [+]
    The Mind's Assertive Flow (Review)
    Helen Vendler
    Goshawk, Antelope, by Dave Smith
    1. Goshawk, Antelope by Dave Smith
    The New Yorker, June 30, 1980, pp. 96-104
  21. Books
    From Fragments a World Perfect at Last
    Helen Vendler
    The New Yorker, March 19, 1984, pp. 138-145
  22. Books
    [+]
    Chronicles of Love and Loss (Review)
    Helen Vendler
    From the First Nine, by James Merrill
    1. From the First Nine by James Merrill
    The New Yorker, May 21, 1984, pp. 124-130
  23. Books
    [+]
    To Be a Sun Again (Review)
    Helen Vendler
    The Collected Poems of Octavio Paz, 1957-1987, by Eliot Weinberger and Octavio Paz
    1. The Collected Poems of Octavio Paz, 1957-1987 by Eliot Weinberger and Octavio Paz
    The New Yorker, April 4, 1988, pp. 97-100
  24. Books
    [+]
    Huge Pits of Darkness, High Peaks of Light (Review)
    Helen Vendler
    Rock and Hawk, by Robinson Jeffers and Robert Hass
    1. Rock and Hawk by Robinson Jeffers and Robert Hass
    The New Yorker, December 26, 1988, pp. 91-94
  25. Books
    [+]
    Veracity Unshaken (Review)
    Helen Vendler
    Sumerian Vistas, by A.R. Ammons
    1. Sumerian Vistas by A.R. Ammons
    The New Yorker, February 15, 1988, pp. 100-108
  26. Books
    [+]
    Drawn to Figments and Occasion (Review)
    Helen Vendler
    A Hunger, by Lucie Brock-Broido
    1. A Hunger by Lucie Brock-Broido
    The New Yorker, August 7, 1989, pp. 93-95
  27. Books
    [+]
    "A Wounded Man Falling Towards Me" (Review)
    Helen Vendler
    The Government of the Tongue, by Seamus Heaney
    1. The Government of the Tongue by Seamus Heaney
    The New Yorker, March 13, 1989, pp. 102-110
  28. Books
    [+]
    The War in the Streets, the War in the Air, the War in the Heavens (Review)
    Helen Vendler
    War Stories, by Howard Nemerov
    1. War Stories by Howard Nemerov
    The New Yorker, September 18, 1989, pp. 133-138
  29. [+]
    Books: A Lifelong Poem Including History (Review)
    Helen Vendler
    Collected Poems, 1947-1980, by Allen Ginsberg
    1. Collected Poems, 1947-1980 by Allen Ginsberg
    The New Yorker, January 13, 1986, pp. 77-83
  30. The Critics
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    Books: A Nobel for the North (Review)
    Helen Vendler
    The Redress of Poetry, by Seamus Heaney
    1. The Redress of Poetry by Seamus Heaney
    The New Yorker, October 23, 1995, pp. 84-89
  31. [+]
    Books: A Steely Glitter Chasing Shadows (Review)
    Helen Vendler
    Flow Chart, by John Ashbery
    1. Flow Chart by John Ashbery
    The New Yorker, August 3, 1992, pp. 73-78
  32. [+]
    Books: An Intractable Metal (Review)
    Helen Vendler
    The Collected Poems, by Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes
    1. The Collected Poems by Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes
    The New Yorker, February 15, 1982, pp. 124-137
  33. [+]
    Books: Critical Methods (Review)
    Helen Vendler
    Criticism in the Wilderness, by Geoffrey H. Hartman
    1. Criticism in the Wilderness by Geoffrey H. Hartman
    The New Yorker, May 3, 1982, pp. 158-164
  34. [+]
    Books: Echo Soundings, Seaches, Probes (Review)
    Helen Vendler
    Station Island, by Seamus Heaney
    1. Station Island by Seamus Heaney
    The New Yorker, September 23, 1985, pp. 108-115
  35. [+]
    Books: J.B.Y. (Review)
    Helen Vendler
    Prodigal Father, by William M. Murphy
    1. Prodigal Father by William M. Murphy
    The New Yorker, January 8, 1979, pp. 66-76
  36. [+]
    Books: Married to Hurry and Grim Song (Review)
    Helen Vendler
    The End of Beauty, by Jorie Graham
    1. The End of Beauty by Jorie Graham
    The New Yorker, July 27, 1987, pp. 74-76
  37. [+]
    Books: Poets' Prose (2 Reviews)
    Helen Vendler
    The Complete Prose of Marianne Moore, by Patricia C. Willis and Marianne Moore
    1. The Complete Prose of Marianne Moore by Patricia C. Willis and Marianne Moore
    2. The Collected Letters of W.B. Yeats: Volume I, 1865-1895 by John Kelly, Eric Domville, and W.B. Yeats
    The New Yorker, March 16, 1987, pp. 94-103
  38. [+]
    Books: Sentences Hammered in Metal (Review)
    Helen Vendler
    The Collected Poems, 1931-1987, by Czeslaw Milosz
    1. The Collected Poems, 1931-1987 by Czeslaw Milosz
    The New Yorker, October 24, 1988, pp. 122-129
  39. [+]
    Books: V Work (Review)
    Helen Vendler
    Mirabell: Books of Number, by James Merrill
    1. Mirabell: Books of Number by James Merrill
    The New Yorker, September 3, 1979, pp. 95-104
  40. [+]
    Books: Youth Lost and Kept (2 Reviews)
    Helen Vendler
    Journals, 1939-1983, by Stephen Spender and John Goldsmith
    1. Journals, 1939-1983 by Stephen Spender and John Goldsmith
    2. Collected Poems, 1928-1985 by Stephen Spender
    The New Yorker, November 10, 1986, pp. 138-143
  41. [+]
    Breakfast with Miss Bishop (Review)
    Helen Vendler
    One Art: Letters, by Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Giroux
    1. One Art: Letters by Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Giroux
    The New York Review of Books, June 9, 1994, pp. 39-41
  42. The Breaking of Style (1995)
    Helen Vendler
    Hopkins, Heaney, Graham
    2 Reviews
  43. [+]
    Breath of Art (Review)
    Helen Vendler
    The Dead Girl, by Melanie Thernstrom
    1. The Dead Girl by Melanie Thernstrom
    The New York Review of Books, March 28, 1991, pp. 49-52
  44. [+]
    A Carnal Time, a Mortal Time (Review)
    Helen Vendler
    Conjunctions and Disjunctions, by Octavio Paz
    1. Conjunctions and Disjunctions by Octavio Paz
    The American Scholar, Autumn 1974, pp. 686-687
  45. Books
    [+]
    Choices (Review)
    Helen Vendler
    Selected Poems, 1966-1987, by Seamus Heaney
    1. Selected Poems, 1966-1987 by Seamus Heaney
    The New Yorker, April 15, 1991, pp. 99-102
  46. [+]
    Chronicles of Love and Loss (Review)
    Helen Vendler
    A Scattering of Salts, by James Merrill
    1. A Scattering of Salts by James Merrill
    The New York Review of Books, May 11, 1995, pp. 46-50
  47. [+]
    Comic and Elegiac (2 Reviews)
    Helen Vendler
    Red Sauce, Whiskey and Snow, by August Kleinzahler
    1. Red Sauce, Whiskey and Snow by August Kleinzahler
    2. Atlantis by Mark Doty
    The New Yorker, April 8, 1996, pp. 100-101
  48. [+]
    The Creeping Griffon (2 Reviews)
    Helen Vendler
    Hundreds of Fireflies, by Brad Leithauser
    1. Hundreds of Fireflies by Brad Leithauser
    2. Monolithos by Jack Gilbert
    The New York Review of Books, September 23, 1982, pp. 41-44
  49. [+]
    Dear Delmore, (Review)
    Helen Vendler
    Letters of Delmore Schwartz, by Robert S. Phillips and Delmore Schwartz
    1. Letters of Delmore Schwartz by Robert S. Phillips and Delmore Schwartz
    The New York Review of Books, April 11, 1985, pp. 7-10
  50. [+]
    Death of a Soul (Review)
    Helen Vendler
    Scar Tissue, by Michael Ignatieff
    1. Scar Tissue by Michael Ignatieff
    The New York Review of Books, October 20, 1994, pp. 9-13
  51. [+]
    Defender of the Earth (Review)
    Helen Vendler
    The Shadow of Sirius, by W.S. Merwin
    1. The Shadow of Sirius by W.S. Merwin
    The New York Review of Books, March 26, 2009, pp. 37-39
  52. [+]
    The Democratic Eye (Review)
    Helen Vendler
    A Worldly Country, by John Ashbery
    1. A Worldly Country by John Ashbery
    The New York Review of Books, March 29, 2007, pp. 20-22
  53. [+]
    Desert Storm (2 Reviews)
    Helen Vendler
    Clarel: A Poem and Pilgrimage in the Holy Land, by Herman Melville, Hayford Harrison, a...
    1. Clarel: A Poem and Pilgrimage in the Holy Land by Herman Melville, Hayford Harrison, and Alma A. Macdougall, ...
    2. Journals by Howard C. Horsford, Lynn Horth, and Herman Melville, ...
    The New Republic, December 7, 1992, pp. 39-42
  54. Dickinson: Selected Poems and Commentaries (2010)
    Helen Vendler
    1 Review
  55. [+]
    Election and Reprobation (Review)
    Helen Vendler
    Collected Poems, by Donald Davie
    1. Collected Poems by Donald Davie
    The New Yorker, January 18, 1993, pp. 107-110
  56. [+]
    The Explorer (Review)
    Helen Vendler
    I. A. Richards: His Life and Work, by John Paul Russo
    1. I. A. Richards: His Life and Work by John Paul Russo
    The New York Review of Books, April 27, 1989, pp. 44-47
  57. The Faber Book of Contemporary American Poetry (1990)
    Helen Vendler
    1 Review, 1 Readable
  58. [+]
    Fanciness and Fatality (2 Reviews)
    Helen Vendler
    Horse Latitudes, by Paul Muldoon
    1. Horse Latitudes by Paul Muldoon
    2. The End of the Poem by Paul Muldoon
    The New Republic, November 6, 2006, pp. 26-33
  59. [+]
    Fears and Farewells (Review)
    Helen Vendler
    Late Settings, by James Merrill
    1. Late Settings by James Merrill
    The New Republic, August 5, 1985, pp. 34-38
  60. [+]
    Feminism and Literature (9 Reviews)
    Helen Vendler
    Beyond Feminist Aesthetics, by Rita Felski
    1. Beyond Feminist Aesthetics by Rita Felski
    2. Women, Class and the Feminist Imagination by Karen V. Hansen and Ilene J. Philipson
    3. Feminism/Postmodernism by Linda J. Nicholson
    4. Women Writers of the Seventeenth Century by Katharina M. Wilson and Frank J. Warnke
    5. Eighteenth Century Women Poets by Roger Lonsdale
    6. Hamlet's Mother and Other Women by Carolyn G. Heilbrun
    7. No Man's Land: The Place of the Woman Writer in the Twentieth Century, Vol. I by Sandra Gilbert and Susan Gubar
    8. No Man's Land: The Place of the Woman Writer in the Twentieth Century, Vol. II by Sandra Gilbert and Susan Gubar
    9. Sexual Personae by Camille Paglia
    The New York Review of Books, May 31, 1990, pp. 19-25
  61. 'Feminism in Danger'
    Sandra M. Gilbert, Susan Gubar, and Camille Paglia, ...
    An Addendum
    The New York Review of Books, August 16, 1990, p. 58
  62. [+]
    Flower Power (Review)
    Helen Vendler
    The Wild Iris, by Louise Gluck
    1. The Wild Iris by Louise Gluck
    The New Republic, May 24, 1993, p. 35
  63. [+]
    Four Prized Poets (4 Reviews)
    Helen Vendler
    Blackbird Bye Bye, by April Bernard
    1. Blackbird Bye Bye by April Bernard
    2. The Night Parade by Edward Hirsch
    3. Acrimony by Michael Hofmann
    4. The Daylight Moon by Les A. Murray
    The New York Review of Books, August 17, 1989, pp. 26-30
  64. [+]
    The Friendship of Cal and Elizabeth (Review)
    Helen Vendler
    Words in Air, by Thomas Travisano, Saskia Hamilton, and Elizabeth Bishop, ...
    1. Words in Air by Thomas Travisano, Saskia Hamilton, and Elizabeth Bishop, ...
    The New York Review of Books, November 20, 2008, pp. 72-75
  65. The Given and the Made (1996)
    Helen Vendler
    Strategies of Poetic Redefinition
    2 Reviews
  66. [+]
    Green Words (2 Reviews)
    Helen Vendler
    John Clare: A Biography, by Jonathan Bate
    1. John Clare: A Biography by Jonathan Bate
    2. "I Am": The Selected Poetry of John Clare by Jonathan Bate and John Clare
    The New Republic, May 10, 2004, pp. 23-28
  67. The Harvard Book of Contemporary American Poetry (1985)
    Helen Vendler
    3 Reviews
  68. [+]
    The Hectorer (Review)
    Helen Vendler
    The Strength of Poetry, by James Fenton
    1. The Strength of Poetry by James Fenton
    The New Republic, April 2, 2001, pp. 29-31
  69. [+]
    Her Own Society (Review)
    Helen Vendler
    My Wars Are Laid Away in Books, by Alfred Habegger
    1. My Wars Are Laid Away in Books by Alfred Habegger
    The New Republic, December 10, 2001, pp. 32-39
  70. [+]
    The Hunting of Wallace Stevens (3 Reviews)
    Helen Vendler
    Wallace Stevens, by Milton J. Bates
    1. Wallace Stevens by Milton J. Bates
    2. Wallace Stevens by George S. Lensing
    3. Wallace Stevens: The Early Years, 1879-1923 by Joan Richardson
    The New York Review of Books, November 20, 1986, pp. 42-47
  71. [+]
    The Hurt Soul (Review)
    Helen Vendler
    Robert Lowell: Collected Poems, by Frank Bidart, David Gewanter, and Robert Lowell
    1. Robert Lowell: Collected Poems by Frank Bidart, David Gewanter, and Robert Lowell
    The New Republic, August 4, 2003, pp. 30-37
  72. I.A. Richards
    Helen Vendler
    The American Scholar, Autumn 1980, pp. 499-503
  73. [+]
    'Ice and Fire and Solitude' (Review)
    Helen Vendler
    Wallace Stevens: Collected Poetry and Prose, by Frank Kermode, Joan Richardson, and Wal...
    1. Wallace Stevens: Collected Poetry and Prose by Frank Kermode, Joan Richardson, and Wallace Stevens, ...
    The New York Review of Books, December 4, 1997, pp. 39-42
  74. Books
    [+]
    Imagination Pressing Back (3 Reviews)
    Helen Vendler
    In the Western Night, by Frank Bidart
    1. In the Western Night by Frank Bidart
    2. Popular Culture by Albert Goldbarth
    3. Westward by Amy Clampitt
    The New Yorker, June 10, 1991, pp. 103-110
  75. [+]
    In the Zoo of the New (4 Reviews)
    Helen Vendler
    The Triumph of Achilles, by Louise Gluck
    1. The Triumph of Achilles by Louise Gluck
    2. Local Time by Stephen Dunn
    3. Cats of the Temple by Brad Leithauser
    4. Thomas and Beulah by Rita Dove
    The New York Review of Books, October 23, 1986, pp. 47-51
  76. [+]
    The Inconsolable (2 Reviews)
    Helen Vendler
    Randall Jarrell: A Literary Life, by William H. Pritchard
    1. Randall Jarrell: A Literary Life by William H. Pritchard
    2. Selected Poems by Randall Jarrell and William H. Pritchard
    The New Republic, July 23, 1990, pp. 32-35
  77. Interview
    Helen Vendler
    The Art of Criticism III
    The Paris Review, Winter 1996, pp. 166-212
  78. James Merrill's Myth
    Helen Vendler and James Merrill
    An Interview
    The New York Review of Books, May 3, 1979, p. 12
  79. Letters
    Perry T. Rathbone, Edmund S. Morgan, and Steven Gould Axelrod, ...
    The New York Review of Books, March 22, 1979, pp. 49-52
  80. Letters
    Mark Weber, Richard S. Kennedy, and John Bernard Myers, ...
    The New York Review of Books, April 17, 1980, pp. 48-52
  81. Letters
    Jonathan Schell, George W. Ball, and Robert Giroux, ...
    The New York Review of Books, March 29, 1984, pp. 48-52
  82. Letters
    Dexter Masters, Roger Dickinson, and Roger Draper, ...
    The New York Review of Books, November 6, 1986, pp. 60-64
  83. Letters
    Kay Boyle, Eric Sams, Ernst Honigmann, and Joan Richardson, ...
    The New York Review of Books, May 7, 1987, pp. 47-52
  84. Letters
    Elizabeth Friedmann, Helen Vendler, and David McClintick, ...
    The New York Review of Books, February 3, 1994, pp. 44-48
  85. [+]
    Life Itself (Review)
    Helen Vendler
    Collected Poems, by D.J. Enright
    1. Collected Poems by D.J. Enright
    The New York Review of Books, February 24, 2000, pp. 26-29
  86. [+]
    Life Studies (Review)
    Helen Vendler
    The Collected Prose, by Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Giroux
    1. The Collected Prose by Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Giroux
    The New York Review of Books, February 16, 1984, pp. 3-5
  87. [+]
    Long Live Mr. Cogito! (Review)
    Helen Vendler
    The Collected Poems, 1956-1998, by Zbigniew Herbert and Alissa Valles
    1. The Collected Poems, 1956-1998 by Zbigniew Herbert and Alissa Valles
    The New Republic, August 27, 2007, pp. 37-43
  88. [+]
    Looking for Poetry in America (3 Reviews)
    Helen Vendler
    Twentieth Century Pleasures, by Robert Hass
    1. Twentieth Century Pleasures by Robert Hass
    2. Local Assays by Dave Smith
    3. American Poetry and Culture, 1945-1980 by Robert von Hallberg
    The New York Review of Books, November 7, 1985, pp. 53-60
  89. [+]
    Malevolent Flippancy (Review)
    Helen Vendler
    The Complete Poems, by Anne Sexton
    1. The Complete Poems by Anne Sexton
    The New Republic, November 11, 1981, pp. 33-35
  90. [+]
    Mapping the Air (2 Reviews)
    Helen Vendler
    An Atlas of the Difficult World, by Adrienne Rich
    1. An Atlas of the Difficult World by Adrienne Rich
    2. Region of Unlikeness by Jorie Graham
    The New York Review of Books, November 21, 1991, pp. 50-55
  91. [+]
    The Medley Is the Message (2 Reviews)
    Helen Vendler
    The Rustle of Language, by Roland Barthes
    1. The Rustle of Language by Roland Barthes
    2. The Responsibility of Forms by Roland Barthes
    The New York Review of Books, May 8, 1986, pp. 44-50
  92. [+]
    The Moving Toyshop (2 Reviews)
    Helen Vendler
    The Oxford Book of English Verse, by Christopher B. Ricks
    1. The Oxford Book of English Verse by Christopher B. Ricks
    2. Lives of the Poets by Michael Schmidt
    The New Republic, November 15, 1999, pp. 41-46
  93. [+]
    Myths for Mothers (Review)
    Helen Vendler
    Of Woman Born, by Adrienne Rich
    1. Of Woman Born by Adrienne Rich
    The New York Review of Books, September 30, 1976, pp. 16-17
  94. [+]
    A New Head (Review)
    Helen Vendler
    Tyrannosaurus Rex Versus the Corduroy Kid, by Simon Armitage
    1. Tyrannosaurus Rex Versus the Corduroy Kid by Simon Armitage
    The New Republic, February 18, 2009, pp. 44-47
  95. [+]
    New York Pastoral (Review)
    Helen Vendler
    Selected Poems, by James Schuyler
    1. Selected Poems by James Schuyler
    The New York Review of Books, September 29, 1988, pp. 11-12
  96. [+]
    News from the Muse (Review)
    Helen Vendler
    Divine Comedies, by James Merrill
    1. Divine Comedies by James Merrill
    The New York Review of Books, March 18, 1976, pp. 29-31
  97. [+]
    The Nothing That Is (Review)
    Helen Vendler
    Chickamauga, by Charles Wright
    1. Chickamauga by Charles Wright
    The New Republic, August 7, 1995, pp. 42-43
  98. [+]
    Oblivion City (Review)
    Helen Vendler
    Ashes for Breakfast, by Durs Grunbein
    1. Ashes for Breakfast by Durs Grunbein
    The New Republic, November 5, 2008, pp. 44-47
  99. The Ocean, the Bird, and the Scholar
    Helen Vendler
    An argument for putting the arts and their study at the center of the humanities
    The New Republic, July 19, 2004, pp. 27-31
  100. The Odes of John Keats (1983)
    Helen Vendler
    4 Reviews
  101. On Extended Wings (1970)
    Helen Vendler
    Wallace Stevens' Longer Poems
    1 Review
  102. [+]
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    The Kingfisher, by Amy Clampitt
    1. The Kingfisher by Amy Clampitt
    The New York Review of Books, March 3, 1983, pp. 19-22
  103. [+]
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    The Letters of Robert Lowell, by Saskia Hamilton and Robert Lowell
    1. The Letters of Robert Lowell by Saskia Hamilton and Robert Lowell
    The New Republic, June 27, 2005, pp. 32-35
  104. Part of Nature, Part of Us (1980)
    Helen H. Vendler
    Modern American Poets
    5 Reviews, 1 Readable
  105. [+]
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    Painted Shadow, by Carole Seymour-Jones
    1. Painted Shadow by Carole Seymour-Jones
    The New Republic, June 10, 2002, pp. 33-39
  106. [+]
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    Helen Vendler
    The Fact of a Doorframe, by Adrienne Rich
    1. The Fact of a Doorframe by Adrienne Rich
    The New Republic, January 7, 1985, pp. 32-33
  107. [+]
    Poet of Two Worlds (Review)
    Helen Vendler
    The Fortunate Traveller, by Derek Walcott
    1. The Fortunate Traveller by Derek Walcott
    The New York Review of Books, March 4, 1982, pp. 23-26
  108. [+]
    Poetical Correctness (Review)
    Helen Vendler
    World Poetry, by Katharine Washburn and John S. Major
    1. World Poetry by Katharine Washburn and John S. Major
    The New Republic, June 15, 1998, pp. 34-36
  109. [+]
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    Helen Vendler
    Agon: Towards a Theory of Revisionism, by Harold Bloom
    1. Agon: Towards a Theory of Revisionism by Harold Bloom
    The New Republic, February 17, 1982, p. 31
  110. Poetry
    Helen Vendler
    Seamus Heaney
    The Wilson Quarterly, Winter 1996, pp. 93-96
  111. The Poetry of Louise Gluck
    Helen Vendler
    The New Republic, June 17, 1978, pp. 34-36
  112. [+]
    Poet's Gallery (2 Reviews)
    Helen Vendler
    Dreams in the Mirror, by Richard S. Kennedy
    1. Dreams in the Mirror by Richard S. Kennedy
    2. Frank O'Hara: Poet Among Painters by Marjorie Perloff
    The New York Review of Books, February 7, 1980, pp. 10-15
  113. Books
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    Posthumous Work and Beautiful Subjects (Review)
    Helen Vendler
    Opus Posthumous, by Wallace Stevens and Samuel French Morse
    1. Opus Posthumous by Wallace Stevens and Samuel French Morse
    The New Yorker, November 12, 1990, pp. 124-132
  114. [+]
    Pudding Stone (Review)
    Helen Vendler
    Robert Lowell: Life and Art, by Steven Gould Axelrod
    1. Robert Lowell: Life and Art by Steven Gould Axelrod
    The New York Review of Books, February 8, 1979, pp. 3-7
  115. [+]
    Ravening Through (Review)
    Helen Vendler
    W. B. Yeats: A Life, Vol II, by R.F. Foster
    1. W. B. Yeats: A Life, Vol II by R.F. Foster
    The New Republic, November 24, 2003, pp. 32-37
  116. [+]
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    A Coast of Trees, by A.R. Ammons
    1. A Coast of Trees by A.R. Ammons
    The New Republic, April 25, 1981, pp. 28-31
  117. [+]
    The Restorer of the Real (Review)
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    The Varieties of Metaphysical Poetry, by T.S. Eliot and Ronald Schuchard
    1. The Varieties of Metaphysical Poetry by T.S. Eliot and Ronald Schuchard
    The New Republic, December 19, 1994, pp. 34-35
  118. Revision
    Helen Vendler
    Body Language
    The Harpers Monthly, October 1986, pp. 62-67
  119. Seamus Heaney (1998)
    Helen Vendler
    2 Reviews
  120. [+]
    Second Thoughts (Review)
    Helen Vendler
    The Haw Lantern, by Seamus Heaney
    1. The Haw Lantern by Seamus Heaney
    The New York Review of Books, April 28, 1988, pp. 41-44
  121. [+]
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    Helen Vendler
    Shadow Train, by John Ashbery
    1. Shadow Train by John Ashbery
    2. Descending Figure by Louise Gluck
    The New York Review of Books, July 16, 1981, pp. 24-26
  122. Soul Says (1995)
    Helen Vendler
    On Recent Poetry
    3 Reviews
  123. Books
    [+]
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    Helen Vendler
    Cuba Night, by Dave Smith
    1. Cuba Night by Dave Smith
    The New Yorker, April 2, 1990, pp. 113-118
  124. [+]
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    Helen Vendler
    Poems New and Collected, 1957-1997, by Wislawa Szymborska
    1. Poems New and Collected, 1957-1997 by Wislawa Szymborska
    2. New Collected Poems by Tomas Transtromer
    The New York Review of Books, October 8, 1998, pp. 37-39
  125. [+]
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    Helen Vendler
    Provinces, by Czeslaw Milosz
    1. Provinces by Czeslaw Milosz
    2. Beginning With My Streets by Czeslaw Milosz
    3. The Poet's Work by Leonard Nathan and Arthur Quinn
    The New York Review of Books, August 13, 1992, pp. 44-46
  126. [+]
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    Helen Vendler
    The Situation of Poetry, by Robert Pinsky
    1. The Situation of Poetry by Robert Pinsky
    The Nation, September 3, 1977, p. 186
  127. [+]
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    Helen Vendler
    Becoming Modern: The Life of Mina Loy, by Carolyn Burke
    1. Becoming Modern: The Life of Mina Loy by Carolyn Burke
    2. The Lost Lunar Baedeker by Mina Loy and Roger L. Conover
    The New York Review of Books, September 19, 1996, pp. 57-60
  128. [+]
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    Helen Vendler
    Mother Love, by Rita Dove
    1. Mother Love by Rita Dove
    The New Yorker, May 15, 1995, pp. 90-92
  129. [+]
    The Unburied Life (Review)
    Helen Vendler
    A Gift Imprisoned, by Ian Hamilton
    1. A Gift Imprisoned by Ian Hamilton
    The New Republic, June 21, 1999, pp. 48-53
  130. Books
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    Helen Vendler
    As We Know, by John Ashbery
    1. As We Know by John Ashbery
    The New Yorker, March 16, 1981, pp. 108-135
  131. Understanding "The World"
    Helen Vendler and Robert Pinsky
    The Partisan Review, Winter 1999, pp. 129-138
  132. [+]
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    Helen Vendler
    View with a Grain of Sand, by Wislawa Szymborska
    1. View with a Grain of Sand by Wislawa Szymborska
    The New Republic, January 1, 1996, pp. 36-38
  133. [+]
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    Helen Vendler
    The Life of John Milton, by Barbara Kiefer Lewalski
    1. The Life of John Milton by Barbara Kiefer Lewalski
    2. How Milton Works by Stanley Fish
    The New Republic, July 30, 2001, pp. 35-38
  134. [+]
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    Helen Vendler
    The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes, by Arnold Rampersad, David Roessel, and Langsto...
    1. The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes by Arnold Rampersad, David Roessel, and Langston Hughes, ...
    The New Republic, March 6, 1995, pp. 37-41
  135. [+]
    A Variety of Voices (Review)
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    Days We Would Rather Know, by Michael Blumenthal
    1. Days We Would Rather Know by Michael Blumenthal
    The New Republic, April 16, 1984, pp. 37-39
  136. [+]
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    Helen Vendler
    Jackstraws, by Charles Simic
    1. Jackstraws by Charles Simic
    The New York Review of Books, June 10, 1999, pp. 24-26
  137. [+]
    We Shall Be Happy (Review)
    Helen Vendler
    Selected Poems, by Frank O'Hara and Mark Ford
    1. Selected Poems by Frank O'Hara and Mark Ford
    The New Republic, May 28, 2008, pp. 47-50
  138. [+]
    What the Poet Had for Breakfast (2 Reviews)
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    Robert Lowell: Collected Prose, by Robert Giroux and Robert Lowell
    1. Robert Lowell: Collected Prose by Robert Giroux and Robert Lowell
    2. Minor Monuments by Howard Moss
    The New Republic, March 30, 1987, pp. 30-32
  139. [+]
    When Art Fails (Review)
    Helen Vendler
    Amazing Grace, by James G. Basker
    1. Amazing Grace by James G. Basker
    The New Republic, December 30, 2002, pp. 27-32
  140. [+]
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    Helen Vendler
    Poets of World War II, by Harvey Shapiro
    1. Poets of World War II by Harvey Shapiro
    The New Republic, May 5, 2003, pp. 28-33
  141. [+]
    The White Goddess! (4 Reviews)
    Helen Vendler
    First Awakenings, by Laura Riding Jackson, Elizabeth Friedmann, and Alan J. Clark, ...
    1. First Awakenings by Laura Riding Jackson, Elizabeth Friedmann, and Alan J. Clark, ...
    2. The Word 'Woman' and Other Related Writings by Laura Riding Jackson, Elizabeth Friedmann, and Alan J. Clark, ...
    3. Four Unposted Letters to Catherine by Laura Riding
    4. In Extremis by Deborah Baker
    The New York Review of Books, November 18, 1993, pp. 12-19
  142. Who Is Sylvia?
    Helen Vendler
    The New Republic, November 6, 1989, pp. 98-105
  143. [+]
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    Helen Vendler
    I Never Told Anybody, by Kenneth Koch
    1. I Never Told Anybody by Kenneth Koch
    2. The Duplications by Kenneth Koch
    The New York Review of Books, November 24, 1977, pp. 10-14
  144. [+]
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    Helen Vendler
    Canti, by Giacomo Leopardi
    1. Canti by Giacomo Leopardi
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    Helen Vendler
    The Gazer's Spirit, by John Hollander
    1. The Gazer's Spirit by John Hollander
    2. On the Laws of the Poetic Art by Anthony Hecht
    The New York Review of Books, May 9, 1996, pp. 39-42
  146. Yeats's "Vision" and the Later Plays (1963)
    Helen Hennessy Vendler
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