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Why Anne Carson, the New Nobel Laureate, Is the Easiest Difficult Poet

Carson has mind-boggling range and formal audacity, our poetry columnist writes, but however much she toys with obscurity she remains too hilarious to be intimidating.

By Elisa GabbertOctober 8, 2026

Carson has mind-boggling range and formal audacity, our poetry columnist writes, but however much she toys with obscurity she remains too hilarious to be intimidating.

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