Norman reviews Attack of the Difficult Poems: Essays and Inventions by Charles Bernstein (University of Chicago Press, January 1, 2011):
“attack of the difficult poems” … is a great book! you must read this book! it will provide you with an education about what is happening, has been happening, in the world of post modern poetry and why it is important for everyone to pay attention to it, important socially, personally, religiously. also very funny (the book is funny) and brilliant and a pleasure to read. i was sad when i finished it, but well, isn't this always what happens.…
Norman Fischer, “Norman Fischer on Attack of the Difficult Poems," Jacket2 (May 24, 2011).