"American poetry is way ahead of everything else that we are doing," she says.

Can you speak to the influence of academic programs on American poetry?

His contribution to American poetry is small but of fine quality.

This was also the first volume of American poetry ever published.

"American poetry has yet to address the collective weight of the event," he said.

Women, she said, have been neglected in American poetry for many years despite their achievements.

He said there are two lines in American poetry which regularly blow off the top of his head.

For example, there will be a volume of 20th-century American poetry.

This poem can be read as a little declaration of independence for American poetry.

"If there were something like this in every state, the state of American poetry would be completely changed," he said.