Reading Duncan Reading

In Reading Duncan Reading , thirteen scholars and poets examine, first, what and how the American poet Robert Duncan read and, perforce, what and how he wrote . Harold Bloom wrote of the searing anxiety of influence writers experience as they grapple with the burden of being original, but for Duncan this was another matter altogether. Indeed, according to Stephen Collis, “No other poet has so openly expressed his admiration for and gratitude toward his predecessors.”   Part one emphasizes D