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31 the nonexIstent orcharD “Today Vendler seldom reviews poets under 50, since their ‘frames of reference,’ she says, are alien to her. ‘They’re writing about the television cartoons they saw when they were growing up. And that’s fine. It’s as good a resource of imagery as orchards. Only I’ve seen orchards and I didn’t watch these cartoons.’” —profile of Helen Vendler, New York Times Book Review, December 10, 2006 Something is wrong with these mirrors. Could you turn the snow down? The tornado began without a shadow. Who’s the hinge on your doors? The way you feel is the way I am. ...

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