Hayden Carruth first published a poem in 1946, and his poetry, essays, and anthologies now approach forty volumes with no sign of abatement. He has, moreover, by his own estimate written several thousand pieces for newspapers, magazines, and...
Hayden Carruth has been an important figure in American poetry since the late 1940s. His numerous collections of verse certainly identify him as one of the country's most prolific writers, and James Wright calls him "one of the finest poets now at work...
HAYDEN CARRUTH wrote of his friend, the poet, peace campaigner and Christian Denise Levertov, that she "keeps her mind on the reality of imaginative process. She rarely veers into mystical utterance for its own sake." Carruth considers himself a very down-to-earth poet, suspicious of...
Port Townsend, Washington. Copper Canyon. 2001. xii + 135 pages. $20. ISBN 1-55659-163-2 HAYDEN CARRUTH'S Doctor Jazz focuses on a world of absences and losses, with only the briefest moments of consolation. Consider the volume's first poem, "Half-Acre of Millet," which begins by...
In the following essay, Weissman surveys Carruth's critical works, concluding: "[Carruth's progress has taken him continuously deeper into the knowledge of his own humanity, and of the humanity of literature."]
In the following essay, Swiss surveys several of Carruth's collections of poetry and criticism and lauds the author for his technical skill and his earnest and straightforward approach in both genres.
