Neruda: Politics and Poetical Judgment

The celebrations of Pablo Neruda’s centennial have brought the intersection of poetry and politics to the foreground this year—witness these judgments from opposite ends of the political spectrum:

• from Democracy Now:
  “The Greatest Poet of the 20th Century In Any Language”, interview with Martin Espada
  
  
• from The Weekly Standard:
  “Bad Poet, Bad Man”, by Stephen Schwartz