Obsession: Sestinas in the Twenty-First Century

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OBSESSION DARTMOUTH COLLEGE PRESS | HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE Sestinas in the Twenty-First Century EDITED BY CAROLYN BEARD WHITLOW AND MARILYN KRYSL WITH AN AFTERWORD BY LEWIS PUTNAM TURCO OBSESSION Dartmouth College Press An imprint of University Press of New England www.upne.com© 2014 Trustees of Dartmouth College All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America Designed and typeset in Albertina by Eric M. Brooks University Press of New England is a member of the Green Press Initiative. The paper used in this book meets their minimum requirement for recycled paper. For permission to reproduce any of the material in this book, contact Permissions, University Press of New England, One Court Street, Suite 250, Lebanon NH 03766; or visit www.upne.com isbn 978-1-61168-637-1 (cloth) isbn 978-1-61168-529-9 (pbk.) isbn 978-1-61168-530-5 (ebook) Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data available upon request 5 4 3 2 1 For my daughters and grandsons, and the generations to come. CAROLYN BEARD WHITLOW To David Rothma–and to the poets who labor in the sestina’s fields. MARILYN KRYSL ...