by James McWilliams Robert Lowell Life Studies / From the Union Dead Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 176pp In 1958, The Partisan Review published Robert Lowell’s poem “Skunk Hour.” This was a notable moment in American literary history. The poem was closely linked to Lowell’s friendship with Elizabeth Bishop. Reading and re-reading Bishop’s work allowed Lowell […]

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