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The Poem Is You - 60 Contemporary American Poems and How to Read Them (Hardcover)
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The Poem Is You - 60 Contemporary American Poems and How to Read Them (Hardcover)
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Contemporary American poetry has plenty to offer new readers, and
plenty more for those who already follow it. Yet its difficulty-and
sheer variety-leaves many readers puzzled or overwhelmed. The
critic, scholar, and poet Stephanie Burt sets out to help.
Beginning in the early 1980s, where critical consensus ends, Burt
canvasses American poetry of the past four decades, from the
headline-making urgency of Claudia Rankine's Citizen to the stark
pathos of Louise Gluck, the limitless energy of Juan Felipe
Herrera, and the erotic provocations of D. A. Powell. The Poem Is
You: Sixty Contemporary American Poems and How to Read Them is a
guide to the diverse magnificences of American poetry today. It
presents a wide range of poems selected by Burt for this volume,
each accompanied by an original essay explaining how a given poem
works, why it matters, and how the poem speaks to other parts of
art and culture. Included here are some classroom classics (by
Ashbery, Komunyakaa, Hass), less famous poems by very famous poets
(Gluck, Kay Ryan), and poems by prizewinning poets near the start
of their careers (such as Brandon Som), and by others who are
not-or not yet-well known. The Poem Is You will appeal to poets,
teachers, and students, but it is intended especially for readers
who want to learn more about contemporary American poetry but who
have not known where or how to start. It describes what American
poets have fashioned for one another, and what they can give us
today.
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