Don’t Have Any Kids Yourself: On Larkin’s
“This Be the Verse”
Jehanne Dubrow is the author of four poetry collections, including Red Army Red (Northwestern University Press, 2012) and Stateside (Northwestern University Press, 2010). Her work has appeared in Blackbird, The Southern Review, Crazyhorse, Prairie Schooner, and Ploughshares. She is the director of the Rose O’Neill Literary House and an assistant professor in creative writing at Washington College.
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