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By Bob Holman & Margery Snyder, About.com Guides to Poetry since 1997

Neruda: Politics & poetical judgment

Friday July 16, 2004
The celebrations of Pablo Neruda’s centennial have brought the intersection of poetry & 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

Related resources:
Our February blog entry on the Neruda centennial celebrations
Our reference page on Pablo Neruda

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