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This is an anthology of poems in the Age of Trump-about much more
than Trump. These are poems that either embody or express a sense
of empathy or outrage, both prior to and following his election,
since it is empathy the president lacks and outrage he provokes.
There is an extraordinary diversity of voices here. The ninety-two
poets featured include Juan Felipe Herrera, Richard Blanco, Carolyn
Forche, Patricia Smith, Robert Pinsky, Donald Hall, Elizabeth
Alexander, Ocean Vuong, Marge Piercy, Yusef Komunyakaa, Brian
Turner, and Naomi Shihab Nye. They speak of persecuted and
scapegoated immigrants. They bear witness to violence: police
brutality against African Americans, mass shootings in a school or
synagogue. They testify to poverty, the waitress surviving on
leftovers at the restaurant, the battles of a teacher in a shelter
for homeless mothers, the emergency-room doctor listening to the
heartbeats of his patients. There are voices of labor, in the
factory and the fields. There are prophetic voices, imploring us to
imagine the world we will leave behind in ruins lest we speak and
act. However, this is not merely a collection of grievances. The
poets build bridges. One poet steps up to translate in Arabic at
the airport; another declaims a musical manifesto after the
hurricane that devastated his island; another evokes a
demonstration in the street, an ecstasy of defiance, the joy of
resistance. The poets take back the language, resisting the
demagogic corruption of words themselves. They assert our common
humanity.
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