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.

Conflict and Culture

By Langdon Hammer | Friday December 1, 2006

The Leaves Rush, Greening, Back

By Langdon Hammer | Friday September 1, 2006

The Crux of the Matter

Heather McHugh

By Langdon Hammer | Thursday June 1, 2006

The Bomb in the Sanctuary

Michael Longley, an Ulsterman in Arcadia

By Langdon Hammer | Thursday December 1, 2005

The Latches of Paradise

Charles Wright’s meditations and memories at year’s end

By Langdon Hammer | Thursday September 1, 2005

Invisible Things

Thylias Moss and Charles Simic

By Langdon Hammer | Tuesday March 1, 2005

Two Formalists

Remembering Thom Gunn and Anthony Hecht

By Langdon Hammer | Wednesday December 1, 2004

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

Bearing Witness Beyond Despair

By Langdon Hammer | Thursday December 1, 2022

Ways of Being

By Langdon Hammer | Thursday September 1, 2022

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