Langdon Hammer, the Niel Gray Jr. Professor of English at Yale, is the poetry editor of the Scholar and the author of James Merrill: Life and Art.
Langdon Hammer
Louise Glück at Midnight
Remembering the poet who craved a listener
by Langdon Hammer | Thursday, October 19, 2023
A Quicksilver Maker
The worldly verse of Lorna Goodison
by Langdon Hammer | Tuesday, September 05, 2023
In the Aftermath of Civil War
The art of observance in the lyrics of Vidyan Ravinthiran
by Langdon Hammer | Thursday, June 01, 2023
Drunk on Dub
The new Caribbean sounds of Ishion Hutchinson
by Langdon Hammer | Wednesday, March 01, 2023
Bearing Witness Beyond Despair
The art of dislocation in the verses of Wong May
by Langdon Hammer | Thursday, December 01, 2022
Ways of Being
Intimations of living and dying in the lines of Forrest Gander
by Langdon Hammer | Thursday, September 01, 2022
Stanzas From a Locked-Down World
Form, fragment, and memory in the lyrics of Terrance Hayes
by Langdon Hammer | Wednesday, June 01, 2022
Voicing the Ineffable
by Langdon Hammer | Tuesday, March 01, 2022
Lifelines
by Langdon Hammer | Wednesday, December 01, 2021
On School Street
by Langdon Hammer | Monday, December 07, 2020
Reclaiming Beauty and Dignity
Louise Glück can be both austere and funny
by Langdon Hammer | Friday, October 09, 2020
In a Dark Wood
by Langdon Hammer | Tuesday, September 01, 2020
The Freedom in Confinement
by Langdon Hammer | Tuesday, June 02, 2020
Living in the Song
by Langdon Hammer | Monday, March 02, 2020
The Fantastical Real
by Langdon Hammer | Monday, December 02, 2019
The Gathering Storm
by Langdon Hammer | Tuesday, September 03, 2019
Raging Toward Heaven
by Langdon Hammer | Monday, June 03, 2019
Afterlives
by Langdon Hammer | Monday, March 04, 2019
A Blessing and a Curse
by Langdon Hammer | Monday, March 05, 2018
The Fruit of the Real
On the Russian dolls nested in the poems of Maureen N. McLane
by Langdon Hammer | Monday, February 29, 2016
At Home in Baltimore
by Langdon Hammer | Tuesday, September 05, 2017
Sound and Sense
by Langdon Hammer | Monday, June 05, 2017
Shorter Means Sweeter
by Langdon Hammer | Monday, March 06, 2017
Just Saying
by Langdon Hammer | Monday, December 05, 2016
Hold Up a Poem
by Langdon Hammer | Monday, June 06, 2016
The Algorithmic Sublime
by Langdon Hammer | Tuesday, June 23, 2015
The Voice Is Ready to Sing
by Langdon Hammer | Tuesday, September 04, 2012
Old Gods and Young Ghosts
by Langdon Hammer | Friday, December 07, 2012
John Koethe’s Red Shoes
by Langdon Hammer | Thursday, August 25, 2011
Vision Guided by Craft
by Langdon Hammer | Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Dying Is Hard to Do
by Langdon Hammer | Thursday, September 12, 2013
Fearfully and Wonderfully Made
by Langdon Hammer | Monday, September 08, 2014
Remembrances
by Langdon Hammer | Wednesday, March 04, 2015
Plangent Encounters
by Langdon Hammer | Tuesday, March 11, 2014
Louise Glück’s Italy of the Mind
On a classical stage peopled by workers, wives, and lovers
by Langdon Hammer | Saturday, September 01, 2007
The Parson’s Tale
by Langdon Hammer | Friday, June 01, 2012
History and Hope: Elizabeth Alexander
by Langdon Hammer | Wednesday, September 01, 2010
Letting Go: Ellen Bryant Voigt
by Langdon Hammer | Friday, June 03, 2011
Homage to a Bad Boy: John Ashbery
by Langdon Hammer | Wednesday, March 02, 2011
