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Ploughshares Spring 2015: An Extended Introduction by Guest Editor Neil Astley

Ploughshares Spring 2015: An Extended Introduction by Guest Editor Neil Astley

Why is it that most American poets know very little about contemporary poetry from Britain and Ireland? A good number of them are published in Britain; they give readings at festivals in the UK and Ireland where they’re able to meet and hear the work of their British and Irish counterparts. Many of the poets…