About the Author

John Hollander(1929-2013), editor, was a distinguished poet, critic, and teacher whose many collections includedThe Night Mirror(1971),Reflections on Espionage(1976),Spectral Emanations(1978), andPowers of Thirteen(1983). He was a MacArthur Fellow and was awarded the Bollingen Prize in 1983. He also edited two volumes in the Library of America's American Poets Project series-American Wits- An Anthology of Light Verse(2003) andEmma Lazarus- Selected Poems(2005).

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