anthologist
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McClatchy, 72, American poet, editor, anthologist, translator, critic, Thornton Wilder scholar, essayist and writer of acclaimed opera librettos, died Tuesday of cancer at home in Manhattan.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 13, 2018
One anthology to look up this fall comes from master anthologist Ellen Datlow, who takes on H.P.
From The Verge ● Sep. 1, 2016
The few who made it, like Goldsmith or that industrious novelist, anthologist, editor and translator, Tobias Smollett, might naturally feel ashamed of their sordid pasts.
From Washington Post ● May 18, 2016
Lummis is an ideal guide for this endeavor — poet, anthologist, long-time L.A. literary booster — although perhaps the most essential aspect of the book is her generosity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2015
This last entry was written in red ink and decorated with a border of green-ink stars; the anthologist wished to emphasize its “personal significance.”
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
In her preface to “Inhabit the Poem,” she writes that the “popular belief that ‘gatekeepers’—publishers, university lecturers, anthologists, and advertisers—create the longevity of the authors we call ‘canonical’ is false.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 26, 2025
The anthologists are another reason for excitement: Ann VanderMeer is one of the best-regarded editors in the field – she’s a former editor-in-chief for Weird Tales who now acquires titles for Tor.com.
From Salon ● Jul. 16, 2016
As a poet, however, she is virtually forgotten – ignored even – by the 20th century anthologists dedicated to the recovery and re-evaluation of neglected women poets.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 19, 2010
Poetry addicts will enjoy his book, future anthologists find it useful.
From Time Magazine Archive
The greatest and most painstaking of all anthologists of English verse, Francis Turner Palgrave, claims that there ought to be more than a glimpse into the Elysian fields of song.
From Literature for Children by Lowe, Orton
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