– As editor of Poetry magazine, Wiman is a leading figure and spokesperson in modern American letters – Wiman was recently diagnosed with a rare blood cancer, and several pieces touch upon mortality – New York Times Book Review (January 7, 2007) highlighted a recent essay by Wiman in Poetry and praised the «blazing high style» of the prose. – Pieces have appeared, or are forthcoming, in leading magazines and journals, including: Harper’s; Harvard Divinity Bulletin; Hudson...