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Poet Carl Dennis and His Latest Collection

The New York Times has written of Carl Dennis' poetry that it is "wise, original and often deeply moving." Dennis, an award winning UB English professor, now has eight collections of poetry. His new one is titled "Practical Gods."

By Mary Van Vorst

Buffalo, NY – The New York Times has written of Carl Dennis' poetry that it is "wise, original and often deeply moving." It "eases the reader out of accustomed modes of seeing and perceiving." Dennis now has eight collections of poetry. His new one is titled "Practical Gods." More from WBFO's Mary Van Vorst in today's Spoken Arts.