American Women Poets in the 21st Century
Title | American Women Poets in the 21st Century PDF eBook |
Author | Claudia Rankine |
Publisher | Wesleyan University Press |
Pages | 457 |
Release | 2013-10-01 |
Genre | Poetry |
ISBN | 0819574449 |
Poetry in America is flourishing in this new millennium and asking serious questions of itself: Is writing marked by gender and if so, how? What does it mean to be experimental? How can lyric forms be authentic? This volume builds on the energetic tensions inherent in these questions, focusing on ten major American women poets whose collective work shows an incredible range of poetic practice. Each section of the book is devoted to a single poet and contains new poems; a brief "statement of poetics" by the poet herself in which she explores the forces — personal, aesthetic, political — informing her creative work; a critical essay on the poet's work; a biographical statement; and a bibliography listing works by and about the poet. Underscoring the dynamic give and take between poets and the culture at large, this anthology is indispensable for anyone interested in poetry, gender and the creative process. CONTRIBUTORS: Rae Armantrout, Mei-mei Berssenbrugge, Lucie Brock Broido, Jorie Graham, Barbara Guest, Lyn Hejinian, Brenda Hillman, Susan Howe, Ann Lauterbach, Harryette Mullen.
American Poets in the 21st Century
Title | American Poets in the 21st Century PDF eBook |
Author | Claudia Rankine |
Publisher | Wesleyan University Press |
Pages | 424 |
Release | 2007-07-09 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 9780819567284 |
The ideal introduction to the current generation of American poets
The Cambridge Companion to Twenty-First-Century American Poetry
Title | The Cambridge Companion to Twenty-First-Century American Poetry PDF eBook |
Author | Timothy Yu |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 273 |
Release | 2021-03-11 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1108482090 |
This book offers a comprehensive introduction to studying the diversity of American poetry in the twenty-first century.
American Poets in the 21st Century
Title | American Poets in the 21st Century PDF eBook |
Author | Claudia Rankine |
Publisher | Wesleyan University Press |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2018-09-04 |
Genre | Poetry |
ISBN | 9780819578297 |
Poetics of Social Engagement emphasizes the ways in which innovative American poets have blended art and social awareness, focusing on aesthetic experiments and investigations of ethnic, racial, gender, and class subjectivities. Rather than consider poetry as a thing apart, or as a tool for asserting identity, this volume's poets create sites, forms, and modes for entering the public sphere, contesting injustices, and reimagining the contemporary. Like the earlier anthologies in this series, this volume includes generous selections of poetry as well as illuminating poetics statements and incisive essays. This unique organization makes these books invaluable teaching tools. A companion website will present audio of each poet's work. Poets included: Rosa Alcalá Brian Blanchfield Daniel Borzutzky Carmen Giménez Smith Allison Hedge Coke Cathy Park Hong Christine Hume Bhanu Kapil Mauricio Kilwein Guevara Fred Moten Craig Santos Perez Barbara Jane Reyes Roberto Tejada Edwin Torres Essayists included: John Alba Cutler Chris Nealon Kristin Dykstra Joyelle McSweeney Chadwick Allen Danielle Pafunda Molly Bendall Eunsong Kim Michael Dowdy Brent Hayes Edwards J. Michael Martinez Martin Joseph Ponce David Colón Urayoán Noel
Beyond the Frontier
Title | Beyond the Frontier PDF eBook |
Author | E. Ethelbert Miller |
Publisher | Black Classic Press |
Pages | 618 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Poetry |
ISBN | 9781574780178 |
This anthology begins with the memory of landscapes and landmarks, presenting poems in the For My People tradition of Margaret Walker. It includes a section titled "Blood and Disappointment in the Land," which documents ongoing social struggles. Other poems focus on the love that is essential for survival, rebirth, and dreams. More than 100 prominent African American poets contribute, including the distinguished and award-winning poets Toi Derricotte, Sam Cornish, Jabari Asim, and Pinkie Gordon Lane.
Eleven More American Women Poets in the 21st Century
Title | Eleven More American Women Poets in the 21st Century PDF eBook |
Author | Claudia Rankine |
Publisher | Wesleyan University Press |
Pages | 462 |
Release | 2012-01-01 |
Genre | Poetry |
ISBN | 0819572365 |
“A fine and selective anthology that’s also a critical introduction to some of the most provocative, and some of the most original, poetry out there.” —Stephanie Burt, author of Don’t Read Poetry: A Book About How to Read Poems The American Poets in the 21st Century series continues with another anthology focused on female poets. Like the earlier books, this volume includes generous selections of poetry by some of the best poets of our time as well as illuminating poetics statements and incisive essays on their work. This unique organization makes these books invaluable teaching tools. Broadening the lens through which we look at contemporary poetry, this new volume extends its geographical net by including Caribbean and Canadian poets. Representing three generations of women writers, among the insightful pieces included in this volume are essays by Karla Kelsey on Mary Jo Bang’s modes of artifice, Christine Hume on Carla Harryman’s kinds of listening, Dawn Lundy Martin on M. NourbeSe Phillip (for whom “english / is a foreign anguish”), and Sina Queyras on Lisa Robertson’s confoundingly beautiful surfaces. In addition, a companion website presents audio of each poet’s work.
North American Women Poets in the 21st Century
Title | North American Women Poets in the 21st Century PDF eBook |
Author | Lisa Sewell |
Publisher | Wesleyan University Press |
Pages | 504 |
Release | 2020-01-25 |
Genre | Poetry |
ISBN | 0819579432 |
North American Women Poets in the 21st Century: Beyond Lyric and Language is an important new addition to the American Poets in the 21st Century series. Like earlier anthologies, this volume includes generous selections of poetry by some of the best poets of our time as well as illuminating poetics statements and incisive essays on their work. This unique organization makes these books invaluable teaching tools. Broadening the lens through which we look at contemporary poetry, this new volume extends our reading of each poet beyond the constraints of any one aesthetic, school, or movement; this volume pushes readers to see beyond the binary of lyric and language. What unites the varied approaches of these writers, is a commitment to creating new fields, new idioms, new vernaculars, and new forms. Key areas of conflict and concern, among the eleven poets, include genre and the nature of the lyric, connections between gender and aesthetics, and the nature of poetic language. Among the insightful pieces included in this volume are essays by Catherine Cucinella on Marilyn Chin, Meg Tyler on Fanny Howe, Elline Lipkin on Alice Notley, Kamran Javadizadeh on Claudia Rankine, Brian Teare on Martha Ronk, Michael Cross on Leslie Scalapino, Lynn Keller on Cole Swensen, Khadijah Queen on Natasha Trethewey, Lisa Russ Spaar on Jean Valentine, Julie Brown on Cecilia Vicuña, and Richard Greenfield on Rosmarie Waldrop. A companion web site will present audio of each poet's work.