Nicholson Baker on Poets & Poetry

The Anthologist
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04.17.2011

Nicholson Baker's latest novel is called "The Anthologist." Baker tells Anne Strainchamps the book's about a writer who longs to be a poet. Baker shares his character's passion for verse and quotes several examples to illustrate his points about, for example, the problem with "iambic pentameter."

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