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Aside from the literary light it sheds, Hecht's correspondence is just plain fun to read-witty and learned, warm and humane... Hecht's work depicts both light and shadow, fashioning from their chiaroscuro poems that figure among the finest of the last century. -- David Yezzi Wall Street Journal We can only be grateful that Anthony Hecht was a pack-rat, so that nothing was lost-all those anecdotes, all those loves lost and found, all the ups and downs that made for a life in poetry and for a poetry now collected and preserved, so that his voice remains crystal-clear in death as it was in life. -- Gerard Malanga Rain Taxi Review of Books 2013 On the spectrum of letter-writing readability, Anthony Hecht combines elements of Keats and Moore. He is never less than charmingly fluent... Hecht as a letter writer is often at his best with confident, off-the-cuff assessments of writers, their lives and works. -- Patrick Kurp Quarterly Conversation 2013 Aside from the literary light it sheds on his work and the work of others, Hecht's correspondence is engaging and fun to read... This extensive collection of letters offers satisfying insights into the life and times of one of the major literary figures of the last century -- Mike Puican TriQuarterly 2013 A resounding success. -- David Mason The New Criterion 2013 Anyone with a serious interest in US poetry from the mid-20th centruy on will be grateful to Post for his scrupulous selection and editing of Hecht's letters... Whether whimsical or erudite, the letters reveal Hecht's lively imagination and intelligence and the literary scene of the era. Choice 2013 A model edition. The letters themselves are vastly interesting for what Hecht says about himself and his poems. -- Edward Mendelsohn New York Review of Books A handsome, tactfully edited and satisfying volume. -- Matthew Sperling Literary Review In Hecht's letters we find ourselves in the presence of a man who takes poetry seriously, demands respect for it, and honors it with his powerful and scrupulous mind. -- X. J. Kennedy The Hopkins Review 2013
