THE SUBURBS OF
CAMELOT
Has poetry ceased to matter to most Americans? And if it has, should the blame be placed on the poets, the reading public, or the times? Here critic Frank McConnell considers the state of contemporary American poetry and describes the efforts of some of our better poets to make their art matter once again.

by Frank D.McConnell
"The suburbs of Camelot"-one may as well admit, at the outset, that the poet in America has really never gotten closer to the center o...