Emily Berry: On Mary Ruefle

Created
Fri, 01/12/2023 - 00:00
Updated
Fri, 01/12/2023 - 00:00
American poets have never tired of the wonders of refrigeration. Ever since William Carlos Williams pilfered plums from the icebox there have been songs in praise of fridges and their contents – and why shouldn’t there be? Mary Ruefle’s poems make the most of such wonders.