Poem Is You
A delightful and provocative journey across four decades of contemporary American poetry with Stephanie Burt, âthe leading poetry critic of her generationâ (New York Times), as our surefooted guide.
Contemporary American poetry has plenty to offer. Yet its difficultyâand sheer varietyâleaves many readers puzzled or overwhelmed. Beginning with poems written in the early 1980s, critic and poet Stephanie Burt canvasses American poetry from the urgency of Claudia RankineâsâŻCitizenâŻto the pathos of Louise GlĂŒck, the limitless energy of Juan Felipe Herrera, and the erotic provocations of D. A. Powell.
Burt presents a wide range of poems, each accompanied by an original essay explaining how it works, why it matters, and how it speaks to art and culture more broadly. Included here are classics (by Ashbery, Komunyakaa, Hass) and less-famous poems by very famous poets (GlĂŒck, Kay Ryan); verse from prizewinning authors near the start of their careers and by others not yet well known.
The Poem Is YouâŻis crafted especially for those readers who donât know where to start with contemporary American poetry, describing what these writers have fashioned for one another, and what they can give us today.
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A delightful and provocative journey across four decades of contemporary American poetry with Stephanie Burt, âthe leading poetry critic of her generationâ (New York Times), as our surefooted guide.
Contemporary American poetry has plenty to offer. Yet its difficultyâand sheer varietyâleaves many readers puzzled or overwhelmed. Beginning with poems written in the early 1980s, critic and poet Stephanie Burt canvasses American poetry from the urgency of Claudia RankineâsâŻCitizenâŻto the pathos of Louise GlĂŒck, the limitless energy of Juan Felipe Herrera, and the erotic provocations of D. A. Powell.
Burt presents a wide range of poems, each accompanied by an original essay explaining how it works, why it matters, and how it speaks to art and culture more broadly. Included here are classics (by Ashbery, Komunyakaa, Hass) and less-famous poems by very famous poets (GlĂŒck, Kay Ryan); verse from prizewinning authors near the start of their careers and by others not yet well known.
The Poem Is YouâŻis crafted especially for those readers who donât know where to start with contemporary American poetry, describing what these writers have fashioned for one another, and what they can give us today.
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A delightful and provocative journey across four decades of contemporary American poetry with Stephanie Burt, âthe leading poetry critic of her generationâ (New York Times), as our surefooted guide.
Contemporary American poetry has plenty to offer. Yet its difficultyâand sheer varietyâleaves many readers puzzled or overwhelmed. Beginning with poems written in the early 1980s, critic and poet Stephanie Burt canvasses American poetry from the urgency of Claudia RankineâsâŻCitizenâŻto the pathos of Louise GlĂŒck, the limitless energy of Juan Felipe Herrera, and the erotic provocations of D. A. Powell.
Burt presents a wide range of poems, each accompanied by an original essay explaining how it works, why it matters, and how it speaks to art and culture more broadly. Included here are classics (by Ashbery, Komunyakaa, Hass) and less-famous poems by very famous poets (GlĂŒck, Kay Ryan); verse from prizewinning authors near the start of their careers and by others not yet well known.
The Poem Is YouâŻis crafted especially for those readers who donât know where to start with contemporary American poetry, describing what these writers have fashioned for one another, and what they can give us today.
