Langdon Hammer

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.

Bearing Witness Beyond Despair

The art of dislocation in the verses of Wong May

By Langdon Hammer | Thursday December 1, 2022

Ways of Being

Intimations of living and dying in the lines of Forrest Gander

By Langdon Hammer | Thursday September 1, 2022

Stanzas From a Locked-Down World

Form, fragment, and memory in the lyrics of Terrance Hayes

By Langdon Hammer | Wednesday June 1, 2022

Voicing the Ineffable

By Langdon Hammer | Tuesday March 1, 2022

Lifelines

By Langdon Hammer | Wednesday December 1, 2021

The Shadowy and the Sensory

By Langdon Hammer | Thursday September 2, 2021

On School Street

By Langdon Hammer | Monday December 7, 2020

Reclaiming Beauty and Dignity

Louise Glück can be both austere and funny

By Langdon Hammer | Friday October 9, 2020

In a Dark Wood

By Langdon Hammer | Tuesday September 1, 2020

The Freedom in Confinement

By Langdon Hammer | Tuesday June 2, 2020

Between Memory and Hope

By Langdon Hammer | Monday March 3, 2025

The Art of Tuning In

By Langdon Hammer | Monday December 2, 2024

The Art of Falling

By Langdon Hammer | Tuesday September 3, 2024

Florida Baroque

By Langdon Hammer | Monday June 3, 2024

Ollie Ollie Oxen Free

By Langdon Hammer | Monday March 4, 2024

Song Gatherer

By Langdon Hammer | Monday December 4, 2023

Louise Glück at Midnight

By Langdon Hammer | Thursday October 19, 2023

A Quicksilver Maker

By Langdon Hammer | Tuesday September 5, 2023

In the Aftermath of Civil War

By Langdon Hammer | Thursday June 1, 2023

Drunk on Dub

By Langdon Hammer | Wednesday March 1, 2023

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