Rita Dove's anthology, reported sans criticism

Much has been made in the literary press lately about Helen Vendler's criticism of Rita Dove's editing of the "Penguin Anthology of 20th Century American Poetry," and Dove's response to the inestimable Yeats scholar and critic.

The PBS Newshour's Jeff Brown on Friday broadcast an interview of Dove about the book, without even mentioning Vendler's criticism. The exclusion of controversy from Brown's initial coverage of Dove's anthology was refreshing.

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