Lytton Smith

Lytton Smith is the author, most recently, of While You Were Approaching the Spectacle But Before You Were Transformed by It (2013). He writes a monthly column on British poetry for the Los Angeles Review of Books and is Lecturer in Creative Writing at University of Hertfordshire.


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Virtual Roundtable on The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics

First published in 1965, the Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics is a reference volume for poetry enthusiasts and literary scholars alike. Last year, a significantly revised fourth edition appeared, covering 110 nations, regions, and languages, and with 250 new entries on subjects ranging from “boustrophedon” (bidirectional texts) to “hip-hop poetry” and “anthem, national.” Public […]