This essay is a literary criticism that analyzes and comments on the life and personality of Edna St. Vincent Millay, as well as how they impacted her writing.
"Published in 1986, Bly's first selected poems differs significantly from his more recent selection, Eating the Honey of Words. Bly radically revises poems from Sleepers Joining Hands especially. Each section is prefaced with brief but illuminating essays tracing the evolution of Bly's poetry from book to book." (Robertbly.com)
A brief article on Gary Snyder's work, "The Call of the Wild". The critical essay talks about how this was yet another one of Snyder's poems that slightly hinted at Buddhist practice. However "The Call of the Wild" was more directly related to examining the Native Americans. The main symbol of this work is the Coyote
In this essay, theories of Eliot having been gay are questioned. His writings, letters and lifestyle are considered and criticized so as to prove this theory. Especially the sexuality that is found in his various writings.