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Whitman, Tate, and the Proximity of War

Consider this poem by James Tate, from his book The Ghost Soldiers, titled “The War Next Door”: I thought I saw some victims of the last war bandaged and limping through the forest beside my house. I thought I recognized some of … Continue reading

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