Reading Mark Strand

1. Introduction: “Between Two Great Darks”: How to Read Poetry
James F. Nicosia

2. Staving Off the World: The Early Years
James F. Nicosia

3. “Still We Feel Better for Trying,” or Why Write a Poem?: The Story of Our Lives, The Late Hour, “New Poems,” The Continuous Life
James F. Nicosia

4. Earning One’s Wings: Dark Harbor
James F. Nicosia

5. Reinventing the Self: Blizzard of One
James F. Nicosia

6. Supplement: Angel Becomes Dog Becomes Camel: Man and Camel
James F. Nicosia

7. Coda: Between Two Great Darks
James F. Nicosia

Keywords: Literature, North American Literature, Poetry and Poetics, Twentieth-Century Literature