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Paul Muldoon

Muldoon’s latest poetry collection continues his longtime trick of marshaling obscure references into fluent, fun and rollicking lyrics that lull you in with their musicality, then punch you in the gut with their full force once you decipher their meanings. In his best work, time dissolves and the sediment separating sections of human history melts away.

September 19th, 2024