"A fair shake or a chocolate shake": the difficulty of reading James Tate
"Fragments of novelties": poetry about poetry
"Out of his little civilized element": surrealizing America
"I sent my love to the showers": love and familial dysfunction
"A stab at conversation": communication breakdown
"Change is good: optimism and prose poetry in recent work.
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Reconfiguring the modern American lyric : the poetry of James Tate by Anthony Caleshu. ISBN 9783034301749. Published by Peter Lang in 2011. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
