"In American Poetry Observed, twenty-six major contemporary poets lead us to a clearer understanding of their elusive craft and, in the process, reveal a great deal about themselves"--Book jacket.

"In American Poetry Observed, twenty-six major contemporary poets lead us to a clearer understanding of their elusive craft and, in the process, reveal a great deal about themselves"--Jacket

The Cantos of Ezra Pound is the most important epic poem of the twentieth century.

A History of American Poetry presents a comprehensive exploration of the development of American poetic traditions from their pre-Columbian origins to the present day. Offers a detailed and accessible account of the entire range of American poetry Situates the story of American poetry within crucial social and historical contexts, and places individual poets and poems in the relevant intertextual contexts Explores and interprets American poetry in terms of the international positioning and multicultural character of the United States Provides readers with a means to understand the individual works and personalities that helped to shape one of the most significant bodies of literature of the past few centuries

What is more direct and intimate than one-to-one conversation? Here two forces in American poetry, the Kenyon Review and the University of Arkansas Press, bring together discussions between one of America's leading poets and editors, David Baker, and nine of the most exciting poets of our day. The poets, who represent a wide array of vocations and aesthetic positions, open up about their writing processes, their reading and education, their hopes for and discontents with the contemporary scene, and much more, treating readers to a view of the range and capacity of contemporary American poetry.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 97-110) and index.