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aPublished by NYU Press, it is the first poetry anthology
dedicated exclusively to verse about Brooklyn. Editors Julia
Spicher Kasdorf and Michael Tyrell have culled 135 poems that chart
the boroughas long history as a place of danger and beauty, dreams
and disappointment. Sure, there are several references to
Brooklynas bridges and Coney Islandas beaches -- and even a few to
the Dodgers -- but the book also encompasses a diversity of lives
lived among and between the boroughas icons.a
--"Brooklyn Daily Eagle"
aIn the excellent and surprising anthology Broken Land, poets
and editors Julia Spicher Kasdorf and Michael Tyrell take a
chronological and panoramic look at the New York borough of
Brooklyn as portrayed in poems.a
--"Publishers Weekly"
"This book isn't only for Brooklyn residents but for all those
who value community. . . . Reading this collection is a moving
experience because the poems feel home-grown. It doesn't matter
where they were written, each one makes Brooklyn come alive, and
the poems find a home inside you."
--From the Foreword by Hal Sirowitz, author of "Mother Said"
Brooklyn, crouching forever in the shadow of Manhattan, is
perhaps best known for a certain bridge or for the world-renowned
tackiness of Coney Island. When it comes to literary history,
Brooklyn can also seem dwarfed by its sister borough-until you take
a closer look. As unlikely as it may sound, for more than two
centuries Brooklyn has inspired poets and poetry. Although there
are plenty of poetry anthologies devoted to specific regions of the
United States, Broken Land is the first to focus exclusively on
verse that celebratesBrooklyn. And what remarkable verse it is.
Edited by poets Julia Spicher Kasdorf and Michael Tyrell, this
collection of 135 notable poems reveals the many cultural, ethnic,
aesthetic, and religious traditions that have accorded Brooklyn its
enduring place in the American psyche. Dazzling in its selections,
Broken Land offers poetry from the colonial period to the present,
including contributions from the American poets most closely
associated with Brooklyn-Walt Whitman, Hart Crane, and Marianne
Moore-as well as memorable poems from Elizabeth Bishop, Allen
Ginsberg, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, George Oppen, and Charles
Reznikoff. Also included are a wide range of contemporary works
from both established and emerging poets: Derek Walcott, Galway
Kinnell, C.K. Williams, Amy Clampitt, Martin Espada, Lisa Jarnot,
Marilyn Hacker, Tom Sleigh, D. Nurkse, Donna Masini, Michael S.
Harper, Noelle Kocot, Joshua Beckman, and many others.
With its expansive array of poetic styles and voices, Broken
Land mirrors the borough's diversity, toughness, and surprising
beauty. The requirements for inclusion in this volume were simple:
excellent poems that pay tribute in some way to the land that Dutch
settlers, translating from the Algonquin, called "Gebroken landt."
But it is the phrase emblazoned on borough billboards that best
serves to entice readers into entering this book: "Welcome to
Brooklyn, Like No Other Place in the World."
General
Imprint: |
New York University Press
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
April 2007 |
First published: |
April 2007 |
Editors: |
Julia Spicher Kasdorf
• Michael Tyrell
|
Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 19mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade / Trade
|
Pages: |
280 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-8147-4803-9 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
0-8147-4803-1 |
Barcode: |
9780814748039 |
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