The Poem is You by Stephen Burt Jan Wagner [Armitage] was put on the

[Armitage] was put on the planet to translate this poem

and his subsequent adventures and travels in and around Europe and elsewhere

constitute so many variations on the theme

Paper Aeroplane: Poems 1989-2014 is the author's own selection from across a quarter-century of work

There is remembrance

The Poem is You by Stephen Burt Jan Wagner [Armitage] was put on theContemporary American poetry has plenty to offer new readers, and plenty more for those who already follow it. Yet its difficultyand sheer varietyleaves many readers puzzled or overwhelmed. The critic, scholar, and poet Stephen Burt sets out to help. Beginning in the early 1980s, where critical consensus ends, Burt canvasses American poetry of the past four decades, from the headline making urgency of Claudia Rankines Citizen to the stark pathos of