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  • In Memoriam

James Tate 1943–2015

James Tate, one of our most beloved poets, was a writer whose lines ambush with wonder and wit. Winner of numerous prizes, including the Yale Younger Poets Prize and the Pulitzer Prize, Tate was, as John Ashbery wrote, “the poet of possibilities, of morph, of surprising consequences, lovely or disastrous, and these phenomena exist everywhere.” This magazine had the great fortune to feature three dozen of his poems in our pages over the years. Jim was a good friend and teacher, and a sweet soul. His voice will last.

Normand Berlin 1931–2015

Massachusetts Review Theater Editor Normand Berlin’s many contributions to the magazine spanned a period of nearly forty years. His review series, “The Traffic of Our Stage” celebrated the great modern dramatists, from Chekhov and O’Neill to the postwar absurdists, and taught generations to admire the existential depths, the light, and the power of performance. [End Page 346]

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