Garrick Davis (born 1971 in
Los Angeles
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) is an American poet and critic. He was Poetry Editor of ''
First Things
''First Things'' (''FT'') is a journal aimed at "advanc nga religiously informed public philosophy for the ordering of society", focusing on theology, liturgy, history of religion, church history, culture, education, society, politics, literat ...
'' magazine from 2020 until 2021.
Career
Davis is the founding editor of the ''Contemporary Poetry Review'', the largest online archive of poetry criticism in the English-speaking world. His criticism appears regularly in the ''Contemporary Poetry Review''.
Davis' work has also been published in the ''New Criterion'', the ''Weekly Standard'' and ''Humanities'' magazine.
His poetry has appeared in a number of literary magazines including ''Verse'', ''McSweeney’s'', the ''Alabama Literary Review'', and the ''New York Sun''.
Contemporary Poetry Review
The ''Contemporary Poetry Review'', the largest online archive of poetry criticism in the English-speaking world, was founded in 1998, and was one of the earliest literary reviews in the United States to be published exclusively on the Internet. Regular contributors to the review have included a number of distinguished American poet-critics including
Ernest Hilbert
Ernest Hilbert (born 1970) is an American poet, critic, opera librettist, and editor.
Biography
Ernest Hilbert was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, and grew up in South Jersey. He graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor's d ...
,
David Yezzi
David Dalton Yezzi (born 1966) is an American poet, editor, actor, and professor. He currently teaches poetry in the Writing Seminars at Johns Hopkins University.
Life
Yezzi was born in Albany, New York[Adam Kirsch
Adam Kirsch (born 1976) is an American poet and literary critic. He is on the seminar faculty of Columbia University's Center for American Studies, and has taught at YIVO.
Life and career
Kirsch was born in Los Angeles in 1976. He is the son of ...]
, Dillon Tracy, Bill Coyle, and Joan Houlihan. Its regular foreign contributors include the Irish poet-critics Justin Quinn and David Wheatley, and the Indian critic Rabindra Swain.
Ernest Hilbert
Ernest Hilbert (born 1970) is an American poet, critic, opera librettist, and editor.
Biography
Ernest Hilbert was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, and grew up in South Jersey. He graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor's d ...
edited the Contemporary Poetry Review, from 2005-2010.
Books
Poetry
''Terminal Diagrams'' (Ohio University Press/Swallow, 2010)
Anthologies
''Child of the Ocmulgee: The Selected Poems of Freda Quenneville.'' Edited by Garrick Davis (Michigan State University Press, 2002)
''Praising It New: The Best of the New Criticism.'' Edited by Garrick Davis (Ohio University Press, 2008)
Personal life
Davis is married. He lives with his wife
Emerald Robinson[Washington Diplomat, June 2018] and son in the suburbs of Washington DC.
External links
Videos
Garrick Davis reads "Drive Song" for Huffington Post
Articles
Remembering the CriterionNew Criterion. Feb. 2007.
Jarrell Dug AudenThe Weekly Standard. March 12, 2007.
Master in Disguise: Samuel MenasheApril 17, 2006.
The Will to InnocenceNew Criterion. Feb. 2008.
Humanities Magazine. July/August 2011.
What to Make of T. S. Eliot?Humanities Magazine. Fall 2016.
Old Possum in Full Glory: The Complete Prose of T. S. EliotFirst Things. November 2016.
Caribbean Rhapsode: Farewell to Derek WalcottFirst Things. August 2017.
Farewell to Geoffrey HillFirst Things. August, 2018.
The Scandal of Our SchoolsHuman Events. October, 2019.
Articles:CPR
Toward the New FuturismContemporary Poetry Review. 2002.
Hart Crane: American FuturistContemporary Poetry Review. 2003.
On the Golden Age of Poetry CriticismContemporary Poetry Review. 2003.
The Lasting Importance of The CantosContemporary Poetry Review. 2004.
CPR Remembers: Villiers de l’Isle-AdamContemporary Poetry Review. 2005.
Contemporary Poetry Review. 2005.
The Sharp Compassion of the Healer’s Art: Adam KirschContemporary Poetry Review. 2005.
CPR Remembers: Count Robert de MontesquiouContemporary Poetry Review. 2012.
Interviews:CPR
Dana Gioia and the Role of the Poet-CriticContemporary Poetry Review. 2003
Stephen Burt and the Role of the Poet-CriticContemporary Poetry Review. 2003
Adam Kirsch and the Role of the Poet-CriticContemporary Poetry Review. 2004
Timothy Steele and the Role of the Poet-CriticContemporary Poetry Review. 2005
William Jay Smith and the Role of the Poet-CriticContemporary Poetry Review. 2008
Rachel Hadas and the Role of the Poet-CriticContemporary Poetry Review. 2009
Poems
Cortland Review. Summer 2006.
The Potomac Review. Feb. 2007.
Night High Above the Los Angeles BasinDrunken Boat. March 2009.
Villa JovisNew Criterion. May, 2013.
Translations
McSweeney's. Dec. 2004.
Reviews of His Books
What We Owe the New Critics by Mark BauerleinThe Chronicle of Higher Education. Dec. 2007.
Forward into the Past: Reading the New Critics by William LoganVirginia Quarterly Review. Summer 2008.
Harvesting the Wasteland by Adam KirschNew York Sun. August 13, 2008.
Grammars of a Possible World by David YezziThe New Criterion. April 2008.
When Lit-Crit Mattered by James SeatonWall Street Journal. August 2, 2008.
Rediscovering the New Critics by Aaron UrbanczykFirst Principles. 2010.
Eclectica Magazine. July/Aug 2011.
Eclectica Magazine. July/Aug 2009.
Strong Verse. 2011.
References
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Living people
American male poets
1971 births