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Book World: In Jack Gilbert’s ‘Collected Poems,’ a pen that cuts deep

Jack Gilbert’s debut was a phenomenon. When he first appeared on the literary scene — winning the prestigious Yale Younger Poets prize in 1962 for “Views of Jeopardy” — he was accorded a measure of celebrity that even today’s media-savvy luminaries would envy.

 

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