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Poems by James Wright By Robert Hass September 27, 1998 I have been reading the poetry of James Wright this week. Partly to deflect my attention from the public spectacle we've all been dragged through, partly because Wright despised the self-righteousness and prurience in American public life. He wrote of Eisenhower's visit to Franco in 1959: The American hero must triumph over The forces of ...