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  1. Anthracite Country (1982)
    Jay Parini
    1 Review
  2. [+]
    Award-Winning Poems (2 Reviews)
    Jay Parini
    Ashes, by Philip Levine
    1. Ashes by Philip Levine
    2. 7 Years from Somewhere~~Seven Years from Somewhere by Philip Levine
    The Nation, February 2, 1980, p. 121
  3. Beginning the World; Tanya; Illimitable Kingdom
    Jay Parini
    The Hudson Review, Winter 1978, pp. 618-620
  4. Benjamin's Crossing (1997)
    Jay Parini
    A Novel
    2 Reviews
  5. The Bread Loaf Anthology of Contemporary Americ... (1987)
    Robert Pack and Jay Parini
    1 Review
  6. "Coal Train"
    Jay Parini
    The New Yorker, June 6, 1977, p. 38
  7. The Columbia History of American Poetry (1993)
    Jay Parini
    1 Review
  8. [+]
    Essaying the World (4 Reviews)
    Jay Parini
    Hugging the Shore, by John Updike
    1. Hugging the Shore by John Updike
    2. The Middle of My Tether by Joseph Epstein
    3. Late Night Thoughts on Listening to Mahler's Ninth Symphony by Lewis Thomas
    4. Class by Paul Fussell
    The Hudson Review, Spring 1984, pp. 170-178
  9. Forum: To Be Continued...
    Jay Parini
    The Late Gatsby
    The Harpers Monthly, August 1992, pp. 37-38
  10. [+]
    The Happy Genius of His Household (2 Reviews)
    Jay Parini
    William Carlos Williams: A New World Naked, by Paul Mariani
    1. William Carlos Williams: A New World Naked by Paul Mariani
    2. William Carlos Williams: The Poet and His Critics by Paul Mariani
    The Hudson Review, Winter 1982, pp. 633-639
  11. History
    Jay Parini
    The American Scholar, Summer 1987, p. 414
  12. Reviews
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    The Importance of Stanley Cavell (2 Reviews)
    Jay Parini
    Themes Out of School: Effects and Causes, by Stanley Cavell
    1. Themes Out of School: Effects and Causes by Stanley Cavell
    2. The Senses of Walden by Stanley Cavell
    The Hudson Review, Spring 1985, pp. 115-119
  13. [+]
    Irving Babbitt Revisited (2 Reviews)
    Jay Parini
    Democracy and Leadership, by Irving Babbitt
    1. Democracy and Leadership by Irving Babbitt
    2. Irving Babbitt: An Intellectual Study by Thomas R. Nevin
    The Hudson Review, Summer 1986, pp. 322-328
  14. John Steinbeck (1995)
    Jay Parini
    A Biography
    2 Reviews, 2 Readable
  15. The Last Station (1990)
    Jay Parini
    A Novel of Tolstoy's Last Year
    1 Review
  16. [+]
    The Limits of Expression (Review)
    Jay Parini
    The Arts Without Mystery, by Denis Donoghue
    1. The Arts Without Mystery by Denis Donoghue
    The Hudson Review, Autumn 1984, pp. 521-524
  17. Making History
    Jay Parini
    The Atlantic Monthly, May 2009, p. 19
  18. "Near Aberdeen"
    Jay Parini
    The New Yorker, January 28, 1980, p. 101
  19. [+]
    A New Generation of Poets (5 Reviews)
    Jay Parini
    The Revisionist, by Douglas Crase
    1. The Revisionist by Douglas Crase
    2. Antarctic Traveller by Katha Pollitt
    3. Hundreds of Fireflies by Brad Leithauser
    4. These People by Lloyd Schwartz
    5. For the Sleepwalkers by Edward Hirsch
    The New Republic, April 14, 1982, pp. 37-38
  20. One Matchless Time (2004)
    Jay Parini
    A Life of William Faulkner
    2 Reviews
  21. [+]
    A Poet of Multitudes (Review)
    Jay Parini
    The Poetry of Pablo Neruda, by Ilan Stavans and Pablo Neruda
    1. The Poetry of Pablo Neruda by Ilan Stavans and Pablo Neruda
    The Nation, December 22, 2003, pp. 44-47
  22. Books
    [+]
    The Poet-Critic (2 Reviews)
    Jay Parini
    No Other Book, by Randall Jarrell and Brad Leithauser
    1. No Other Book by Randall Jarrell and Brad Leithauser
    2. Remembering Randall by Mary von Schrader Jarrell
    The Wilson Quarterly, Autumn 1999, pp. 109-110
  23. Poetry
    Jay Parini
    Grandmother in Heaven
    The Partisan Review, Summer 1987, p. 431
  24. [+]
    The Power of the Text (Review)
    Jay Parini
    Textual Power, by Robert Scholes
    1. Textual Power by Robert Scholes
    The Hudson Review, Autumn 1987, pp. 501-506
  25. Promised Land (2008)
    Jay Parini
    Thirteen Books That Changed America
  26. [+]
    The Question of George Steiner (2 Reviews)
    Jay Parini
    George Steiner: A Reader, by George Steiner
    1. George Steiner: A Reader by George Steiner
    2. Antigones by George Steiner
    The Hudson Review, Autumn 1985, pp. 496-502
  27. Reviews
    [+]
    Reading Starobinski Reading (Review)
    Jay Parini
    The Living Eye, by Jean Starobinski
    1. The Living Eye by Jean Starobinski
    The Hudson Review, Autumn 1990, pp. 498-502
  28. [+]
    Reading the Readers (2 Reviews)
    Jay Parini
    Barthes and Sontag
    1. A Barthes Reader by Susan Sontag and Roland Barthes
    2. A Susan Sontag Reader by Susan Sontag
    The Hudson Review, Summer 1983, pp. 411-418
  29. Readings
    Jay Parini
    The Function of Winter
    The Harpers Monthly, January 1988, p. 35
  30. [+]
    Remembering Iris (Review)
    Jay Parini
    Iris, by Peter J. Conradi
    1. Iris by Peter J. Conradi
    The Harpers Monthly, December 2001, pp. 74-78
  31. Abortion: The Abusable Past
    Jay Parini
    The Nation, August 7, 1989, p. 179
  32. [+]
    "Night Wash" (Review)
    Jay Parini
    Jorge Luis Borges: A Literary Biography, by Emir Rodriguez Monegal
    1. Jorge Luis Borges: A Literary Biography by Emir Rodriguez Monegal
    The New Republic, February 3, 1979, p. 34
  33. [+]
    "Coal" (Review)
    Jay Parini
    Lives of the Modern Poets, by William H. Pritchard
    1. Lives of the Modern Poets by William H. Pritchard
    The New Republic, May 31, 1980, p. 35
  34. Robert Frost: A Life (1999)
    Jay Parini
    4 Reviews
  35. Reviews
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    Sartre's Life of Writing (4 Reviews)
    Jay Parini
    Sartre: A Life, by Annie Cohen-Solal
    1. Sartre: A Life by Annie Cohen-Solal
    2. Sartre by Ronald Hayman
    3. Sartre: The Romantic Rationalist by Iris Murdoch
    4. The Family Idiot: Gustave Flaubert, 1821-1857, Vol. I by Jean-Paul Sartre
    The Hudson Review, Summer 1988, pp. 363-369
  36. The Sea Lily
    Jay Parini
    The Atlantic Monthly, March 1981, pp. 32-33
  37. Seasons of the Skin
    Jay Parini
    The Paris Review, Fall 1978, p. 80
  38. The Selected Essays of Gore Vidal (2008)
    Jay Parini and Gore Vidal
    3 Reviews, 1 Readable
  39. [+]
    Star Turns (Review)
    Jay Parini
    Orrery, by Richard Kenney
    1. Orrery by Richard Kenney
    The Nation, April 26, 1986, p. 594
  40. "Stars Falling"
    Jay Parini
    The New Yorker, August 2, 1993, p. 65
  41. Suburban Swamp
    Jay Parini
    The New Republic, April 9, 1984, p. 34
  42. Theodore Roethke: An American Romantic (1980)
    Jay Parini
    1 Review
  43. "This Scrying"
    Jay Parini
    The New Republic, June 2, 1979, p. 32
  44. [+]
    Three New Poets (3 Reviews)
    Jay Parini
    Above the Land, by Julie Agoos
    1. Above the Land by Julie Agoos
    2. The Clasp and Other Poems by Michael Collier
    3. The Squanicook Eclogues by Melissa Green
    The Partisan Review, Summer 1989, pp. 510-514
  45. [+]
    Victor Brombert and the Romantics (Review)
    Jay Parini
    The Hidden Reader, by Victor Brombert
    1. The Hidden Reader by Victor Brombert
    The Hudson Review, Spring 1989, pp. 171-175
  46. The Visitors; Stroup Pond; a Close-Up; For My Wife at Washing
    Jay Parini
    The Hudson Review, Autumn 1986, pp. 459-460
  47. 1913; Naming the Losses
    Jay Parini
    The Hudson Review, Summer 1980, pp. 227-229
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