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Why Anne Carson, the New Nobel Laureate, Is the Easiest Difficult Poet

Carson has mind-boggling range and formal audacity, our poetry columnist writes, but however much she toys with obscurity she remains too hilarious to be intimidating.

This article was originally published by NY Times Books and is republished here under license.

Carson has mind-boggling range and formal audacity, our poetry columnist writes, but however much she toys with obscurity she remains too hilarious to be intimidating.

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