At Rhino.
Teaser quote: In every single poem, the poet aims for an effect, and then works a bunch of verbal magic to secure that effect. There are forty-seven poems; ’bout forty of ’em are right over the plate. I don’t have to tell ya: that proportion is epic. It’s better than you’d get out of, say, an anthology of classics. I’m especially stimulated by this, because Bibbins is almost exactly my age, and I regard our generation as being particularly incompetent at this sort of thing.…