SUMMARY: The Anthologist is narrated by Paul Chowder -- a once-in-a-while-published kind of poet who is writing the introduction to a new anthology of poetry. He's having a hard time getting started because his career is floundering, his girlfriend Roz has recently left him, and he is thinking about
Confessions of an Anthologist
โ Scribed by John Gassner
- Book ID
- 124544082
- Year
- 1953
- Weight
- 892 KB
- Volume
- 47
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0364-4006
- DOI
- 10.2307/25693982
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