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Watch Your Language - Visual and Literary Reflections on a Century of American Poetry (Paperback)
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Watch Your Language - Visual and Literary Reflections on a Century of American Poetry (Paperback)
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From the National Book Award-winning author of Lighthead, a
fascinating collection of graphic reviews, illustrated prose, and
visualized poetics addressing the last century of American poetry
Over the last twenty-five years, Terrance Hayes has become one of
our most exciting and innovative poets. He has also emerged as a
perceptive and groundbreaking chronicler of contemporary poetry,
with critical work appearing in publications ranging from Boston
Review to The Baffler. His 2018 book on the poet Etheridge Knight,
To Float in the Space Between, was a finalist for the National Book
Critics Circle Award for criticism. This collection of illustrated
critical pieces maps Hayes's personal, lyrical imagining of poetry,
deconstructs the traditional book review, and argues that drawing
can and should be as multidimensional and hybrid-minded as poetry
making. It includes pieces about basketball and poetry; an essay
that relates Gwendolyn Brooks to Toi Derricotte; an introduction to
the work of Wanda Coleman; a book review and epistolary prose-poem
hybrid titled "Letter to Yusef"; illustrated "card deck prose poem"
pieces, including an homage to the poet Tim Seibles; selections
from an illustrated biographical dictionary of poets of the past
hundred years; and a suite of graphic sonnets. It closes with
"Questions for Reflection on a Century of American Poetry," Hayes's
Academy of American Poets Blaney Lecture on contemporary poetry and
poetics. These astonishing essays, illustrated by Hayes himself,
establish the roots of his own poetic influences and reconstruct
modes of poetic engagement, demonstrating what makes a poem both
move and be moving and illustrating how drawing itself can be a
kind of critical, poetic discourse.
General
Imprint: |
Plume Books
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
July 2023 |
Authors: |
Terrance Hayes
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 16mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
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Pages: |
214 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-14-313773-3 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
0-14-313773-5 |
Barcode: |
9780143137733 |
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