BOOKS

North American Woman Poets in the 21st Century
Beyond Lyric and Language

American Poets in the 21st Century, 2017
$84.95
ISBN: 9780819579416

Purchase from: Wesleyan University Press

From the publisher:  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 the 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. 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, and many more. A companion web site will present audio of each poet's work.

"This highly useful resource combines great selections of poetry by eleven female innovators, whose work opens up new streams of thought on history, society, language and authority, with brilliant essays about them."

~Elizabeth Gregory, author of "Apparition of Splendor": Marianne Moore Performing Democracy through Celebrity, 1952-1970

"From the vital crosscurrents of the "meeting of lyric and language" almost 20 years ago, this third volume offers an acute portrayal of diversities and similarities in esthetics and politics in contemporary poetry. It is unique in the way it invites readers' interactions from beginning to end—through adroit editorial comments, the breadth of poets' poems and statements, and critical prose. The wealth of lineages in American poetry continues to emerge."

~Linda Russo, author of Counter-Desecration: A Glossary for Writing Within the Anthropocene