1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 In a unique critical essay written in Paris, though published in Lima (El Comercio, 1924), Vallejo lays his cards on the table &amp;amp; openly discusses the shortcomings of North American poetry in the 20’s. In that piece, he suggests that Imagists, such as Pound &amp;amp; Doolittle, were simply riding the coat-tails of the “artificial” vanguards of Europe &amp;amp; that the only hope for American poetry was through Walt Whitman (more on this elsewhere. Vallejo saw in Whitman sincerity without style [...] The Smelting Process Podcast http://www.jwmulligan.wordpress.com <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/667327/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/item/667327