The£amont Poetry
Selection for
1965
THE WAR
OF THE
SECRET
AGENTS
and other poems
by
Henri Coulette
'lbugh, bitter, whimsical
-formed with scrupu–
lous craftsmanship and
illuminated with acerbic
wit-the poems of Henri
Coulette have frequently
appeared in
The Hudson
Review, TheParis R eview
an.d
The New Yorker.
This, his first collection,
deals with the modern
wars of nations which
are never won, and the
ancient wars of the sou]
which are never over.
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SCRIBNERS
NOTES
"In between participating actively
in the campus Vietnam protest
movement, editing the new bi–
monthly Dissent, and teaching,"
IRVING HOWE has, he tells us ,
been "trying to write a little book
on Thomas Hardy." ... A leading
exponent of the nouveau roman,
NATHALIE SARRAUTE was born in
Russia and educated in France. Her
latest book to appear in America
was The Golden Fruits.... Hough–
ton Mifflin has just put out JUD–
SON JEROME's new novel, The Fell
of Dark. Mr. Jerome is a Fellow at
Antioch . ... ROBERT PENN WAR–
REN has a book of poems coming
out in the fall, and a collection of
GUNNAR EKELOF's poems will be
published this year by Twayne.•..
A Fellow of St. Antony's College,
Oxfo rd, MAX HAYWARD has
translated The Trial Begins and other
wo rks of Tertz. He is co-editor of
Antiw,orlds, selected poetry of An–
drei Voznesensky, which will be out
this spring.... JACK LUDWIG
writes us that he "has worked with
the Commission on College Physics
in matters relating to computers
and film-making and is currently
designing a course in cultural chron–
ology for computer-based instruc–
tion ." . . . LEO BERSANI is a mem–
ber of the French Department at
Wellesley.... MARSHALL COHEN
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